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Asheville (/ ˈ æ ʃ v ɪ l / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [7] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city.
The Asheville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Asheville, North Carolina. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area , a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau and other entities, as comprising the four counties of ...
NC 81 was designated in 1934 as a renumbering of NC 10 from US 25 (current Biltmore Avenue) to US 70/US 74 (current US 74A). [3] The road was then extended in 1937 when US 25 was rerouted in Asheville. NC 81 was placed south along Biltmore Avenue to the current end of the road at the intersection of US 25 and US 25A.
Buncombe County (/ ˈ b ʌ ŋ k ə m / BUNK-um) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census reported the population was 269,452, making it the 7th-most populous county in North Carolina. [3] Its county seat is Asheville. [4]
In 1981, US 25 was moved onto the existing US 19/US 23 freeway north of Asheville, it then went on to a new four-lane road west of Weaverville; most of the old route was replaced by NC 251. [ 4 ] In 1974, US 25 was placed onto new expressway between Zirconia to the South Carolina state line, the old route would later become part of NC 225 in 1997.
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), 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 ...
Map showing the population density of North Carolina. The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties.North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country.
In 1889 the Asheville Loan, Construction, and Improvement Company began to develop the neighborhood. The firm purchased and subdivided tracts of undeveloped land north of Battery Park and sold lots. The enterprise languished until it was taken over by George Willis Pack , a lumber tycoon from the midwest who moved to Asheville in 1885.