Moravian Falls (formerly, Petersburg and Forks of the Road)[4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States.

Moravian Falls is located in the foothills of the Brushy Mountains, which rise to the south of the community.

Pores Knob, the highest point in the Brushy Mountains, is located in Moravian Falls.

In Moravian Falls, the summers are warm and humid, the winters are cool, and it is wet and partly cloudy year round.

Tornadoes are rare, but severe thunderstorms can bring strong winds which can down trees and power lines, as well as cause hail.

On October 23, 2017, a rare EF 1 tornado touched down in the community of Moravian Falls, before moving into the towns of Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro, and then through the Mulberry, Fairplains, and Hays communities, causing significant damage.

In 1754, the Moravian Church purchased approximately 9000 acres of land which now lies under the nearby W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir.

Beginning in the late 1800s and for several decades thereafter, Moravian Falls was an oddly significant publishing hub, with several local newspapers published there being distributed nationally and claiming circulations in the hundreds of thousands.

The Yellow Jacket, the Fool-Killer, and the Lash were the leading papers, but more than a dozen were published in the tiny town.