Biltmore

… former town in central Buncombe County. Inc. 1893 but since 1929 within the corporate limits of Asheville. Named for the Biltmore Estate, which see. Alt. 1,994. Known as Best as early as 1880, when a post office existed there; named for William J. Best, one of the owners of the Western North Carolina Railroad. Post office operated briefly as Bilton, 1890. See also South Biltmore.