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Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,426 at the 2020 United States census . [ 4 ] It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The Blue Ridge Parkway passes along the range's southern section, and is connected to the summit of Mount Mitchell by North Carolina Highway 128. The Black Mountains are mostly located in Yancey County, although the range's southern and western extremes run along the Buncombe County line.
Black Mountain Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 56 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Black Mountain.
Black Mountain College was a private liberal arts college in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice , Theodore Dreier, and several others. The college was ideologically organized around John Dewey 's educational philosophy, which emphasized holistic learning and the study of art as central to a liberal arts ...
Intheoaks, also known as In-the-oaks, is a historic estate and a national historic district located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, seven contributing structures, and four contributing objects associated with a country estate of the 1920s.
North Fork Reservoir is a freshwater reservoir in Black Mountain, North Carolina, [1] near Swannanoa.It was created by damming the north fork of the Swannanoa River [2] to provide a source of water for Asheville, North Carolina. [3]
The first North Carolina Highway 192 (NC 192) was established as a new primary routing between NC 19, in Mill Spring, and US 74/NC 20, in Lake Lure. [3] In 1931, NC 192 was extended southeast from Mill Spring along new primary routing to the South Carolina state line, where it continued as SC 177 towards Spartanburg . [ 4 ]
The Swannanoa River flows through the Swannanoa Valley of the region of Western North Carolina, and is a major tributary to the French Broad River.Its headwaters arise in Black Mountain, North Carolina; however, it also has a major tributary near its headwaters: Flat Creek, which begins on the slopes of Mount Mitchell.