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Asheville(/ˈæʃvɪl/ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seatof Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.[7] Located at the confluence of the French Broadand Swannanoarivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 94,589,[8]up from 83,393 in the 2010 census.[9] It is the ...
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina. Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), the main residence, is a Châteauesque -style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft (12,568 m 2 ...
Asheville metropolitan area. Coordinates: 35°36′2″N 82°40′58″W. Detailed map of NC counties with names. Colored are the counties of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania. The Asheville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Asheville, North Carolina.
The exact location of the North Carolina marsh isn’t given in the popular book (now a movie), but we used a few clues to come up with our best guesses.
Downtown Asheville Historic District is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses about 279 contributing buildings and one contributing object in the central business district of Asheville. It includes commercial, institutional, and residential buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival ...
Major towns and cities along the way include Waynesboro, Roanoke, and Galax in Virginia; and in North Carolina, Boone and Asheville, where it runs across the property of the Biltmore Estate. The Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels were constructed through the rock—one in Virginia and 25 in North Carolina .
Biltmore Village. Biltmore Village, formerly Best, is a small village that is now entirely in the city limits of Asheville, North Carolina. [1] It is adjacent to the main entrance of the Biltmore Estate, built by George W. Vanderbilt, one of the heirs to the Vanderbilt family fortune. Once known as the town of Best, George Vanderbilt created ...
The Montford Area Historic District is a mainly residential neighborhood in Asheville, North Carolina that is included in the National Register of Historic Places.