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The Western North Carolina Nature Center is a 42-acre (17 ha) zoological park in Western North Carolina operated by the City of Asheville.It was originally opened in 1925 and known as Recreation Park Zoo, Craig Park Zoo [2], and Asheville City Zoo and housed a wide variety of native and non-native wildlife [3].
The Zoo is 75 miles (121 km) west of Raleigh, 25 miles (40 km) south of Greensboro, and 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Charlotte. The zoo is open 363 days a year (closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas) and in 2023 received over one million visitors for the first time. The North Carolina Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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.
Prospect Park Zoo, New York City ; Queens Zoo, New York City ; Ross Park Zoo, Binghamton; Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse; Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester; Staten Island Zoo, New York City (Staten Island) Trailside Museum and Zoo, Tomkins Cove; Trevor Zoo, Millbrook; The Wild Animal Park, Chittenango; Utica Zoo, Utica; Wild Wings Inc., Honeoye Falls
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 ...
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Asheboro was named after Samuel Ashe, the ninth governor of North Carolina (1795–1798), and became the county seat of Randolph County in 1796. [6] It was a small village in the 1800s, with a population of less than 200 through the Civil War; its main function was housing the county courthouse, and the town was most active when court was in session.