NC Gazetteer

Buncombe County

… was formed in 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. Located in the W section of the state, it is bounded by McDowell, Henderson, Haywood, Madison, and Yancey Counties. Named for Col. Edward Buncombe (1742-78), a Revolutionary War soldier. Area: 770 sq. mi. County seat: Asheville, with an elevation of 2,216 ft. Townships are Asheville, Avery Creek, Black Mountain, Broad River, Fairview, Flat Creek, French Broad, Ivy, Leicester, Limestone, Lower Hominy, Reems Creek, Sandy Mush, Swannanoa, and Upper Hominy. Produces tobacco, corn, cattle, printed products, engines, cutlery, wine, apparel, electronics, textiles, nursery products, lumber, and crushed stone. Rep. Felix Walker (1753-1828), in "speaking for Buncombe," gave rise to term "bunk."

areas

Camel Field
Chestnut Flat
Chestnut Flats
Craggy Gardens

balds

Glenn Bald
Little Sandy Mush Bald
Sandy Mush Bald
Stony Bald

beaches

Sandy Bottom

bodies of water

Beetree Reservoir
Burnett Reservoir
Lagoon, The
Weaverville Reservoir

branches

Adkins Branch
Alexander Branch
Allman Branch
Ashley Branch
Bearwallow Branch
Beaton Branch
Bee Branch
Bee Branch
Bell Branch
Big Branch
Big Piney Branc
Big Rattlesnake Branch
Blackstock Branch
Blevin Branch
Blue Branch
Boring Mill Branch
Boyd Branch
Brank Cove Branch
Briar Branch
Brooks Branch
Brown Branch
Brown Branch
Buckner Branch
Burleson Branch
Camp Branch
Chestnut Cove Branch
Clark Branch
Clark Branch
Clear Branch
Creasman Branch
Dick Branch
Dock Branch
Dry Branch
Duck Branch
Dunsmore Cove Branch
Eller Branch
Ellison Branch
Emma Branch
Eskridge Cove Branch
Fall Branch
Flat Branch
Fourmile Branch
Gentry Branch
George Branch
Gill Branch
Glassmine Branch
Glen Cove Branch
Gouches Branch
Granny Cove Branch
Grassy Branch
Grassy Branch
Gregg Branch
Grice Branch
Haw Branch
Hobson Branch
Hogeye Branch
Hogpen Branch
Indian Camp Branch
Indian Spring Branch
Jenkins Branch
Jesse Branch
Jim Branch
Jimmy Branch
Jugtown Branch
Keasler Branch
Killian Branch
Kitchen Branch
Kuykendall Branch
Laurel Branch
Laurel Branch
Laurel Branch
Laurel Branch
Licklog Branch
Little Piney Branch
Little Rattlesnake Branch
Little Will Branch
Long Branch
Long Branch
Long Branch
Long Branch
Maney Branch
Manor Branch
Martin Branch
McKinney Branch
McKinney Branch
Morgan Branch
Morgan Branch
Morgan Branch
Noah Branch
Ogle Branch
Orton Branch
Padgett Branch
Panther Branch
Parker Branch
Pond Branch
Potato Branch
Poverty Branch
Ram Branch
Raoul Branch
Reed Branch
Rice Branch
Rich Branch
Round Hill Branch
Rush Branch
Saltrock Branch
Sams Branch
Sand Branch
Saw Branch
Sawmill Branch
Shadepen Branch
Shelton Branch
Shute Branch
Slaty Branch
Sluder Branch
Spain Branch
Spooks Branch
Spring Mountain Branch
Staire Branch
Stanfield Branch
Stanley Branch
Stepp Branch
Stony Fork Branch
Tantram Branch
Tomahawk Branch
Town Branch
Wagner Branch
Walker Branch
Walker Branch
Wayah Branch
Webb Branch
White Branch
White Rock Branch
Whittier Branch
Williams Branch
Wise Branch
Wolf Branch
Wolf Branch
Wolf Cove Branch
Wolfpit Branch

cities

Asheville

communities

Acton
Alora
Avery Creek
Azalea
Beaverdam
Beech
Bell
Bingham Heights
Boswell
Buena Vista
Busbee
Candler
Canto
Coburn
Craggy
Deaver View
Demia
Democrat
Denmark
Dillingham
Dome
Dula Springs
Dunsmore
Elk Mountain
Emma
Enka
Fairview
Flat Creek
Forks of Ivy
Foxville
Gem
Glady
Glen Inglis
Grace
Grovemont
Grovestone
Gudger's Mills
Hominy
Jugtown
Juno
Leicester
Long Shoals
Luthers
Morgan Hill
Newfound
Oak Park
Olivette
Oteen
Owltown
Paint Fork
Riceville
Ridgecrest
Rockview
Sand Hill
Shumont
Skyland
South Hominy
Stocksville
Stony Fork
Sulphur Springs
Summerhaven
Swannanoa
Turnpike
Valley Springs
Volga
Walkertown
West Haven
Wilson
Woodfin

coves

Baldwin Cove
Ballard Cove
Ballard Cove
Barrett Cove
Big Cove
Big Cove
Brittain Cove
Brittain Cove
Brooks Cove
Brooks Cove
Buckeye Cove
Buckeye Cove
Carter Cove
Chestnut Cove
Chunn Cove
Eller Cove
Friars Cove
Greasy Cove
Hale Cove
Harnet Cove
Ingles Cove
Johnson Cove
Jump Cove
Lynch Cove
McDaires Cove
Milksick Cove
Miller Cove
Morgan Cove
Munday Cove
Nettles Cove
Owenby Cove
Owens Cove
Patton Cove
Penly Cove
Porter Cove
Ray Cove
Redmans Cove
Reed Cove
Reynolds Cove
Sawyer Cove
Simmons Cove
Spices Cove
Sprinkle Cove
Starnes Cove
Stockton Cove
Sugar Cove
Sugar Springs Cove
Sugarhouse Cove
Wright Cove
Young Cove

creeks

Ashworth Creek
Avery Creek
Ballard Creek
Ballard Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Beetree Creek
Bent Creek
Big Butt Creek
Bill Moore Creek
Bird Creek
Brush Creek
Buckeye Cove Creek
Bull Creek
Cane Creek
Canie Creek
Carter Cove Creek
Carter Creek
Cedar Creek
Chestnut Creek
Christian Creek
Clayton Creek
Coles Creek
Corner Rock Creek
Curtis Creek
Dillingham Creek
Dingle Creek
Dix Creek
Ducker Creek
Dyeleaf Creek
Eagle Rock Creek
Flat Creek
Flat Creek
Flat Creek
Gap Creek
Garren Creek
Gashes Creek
Grassy Creek
Gravel Creek
Haw Creek
Hawkbill Creek
Hominy Creek
Jones Cove Creek
Kimsey Creek
Lee Creek
Line Creek
Linn Cove Creek
Little Andy Creek
Little Flat Creek
Little Pole Creek
Little Webb Creek
Main Creek
Martin Creek
McKinney Creek
Merrill Cove Creek
Miller Creek
Mineral Creek
Moore Creek
Newfound Creek
North Fork Ivy Creek
North Turkey Creek
Ox Creek
Patton Cove Creek
Peach Orchard Creek
Pinner Creek
Pole Creek
Ragsdale Creek
Reed Creek
Reed Creek
Reems Creek
Robinson Creek
Robinson Creek
Rock Creek
Ross Creek
Sandy Mush Creek
Shit-Britches Creek
Shoal Creek
Shope Creek
Smith Creek
Smith Mill Creek
South Hominy Creek
South Turkey Creek
Stony Creek
Straight Creek
Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek
Sweeten Creek
Tom Creek
Trantham Creek
Tweed Creek
Warren Creek
Waterfall Creek
Webb Cove Creek
Webb Creek
Wesley Creek
Whittemore Creek
Willow Creek
Wolf Creek

forests

Bent Creek Experimental Forest
Biltmore Forest
Pisgah National Forest

forks

Bald Fork
Laurel Fork
Left Fork
Left Fork [Swannanoa River]
Little Fork
North Fork [Swannanoa River]
Paint Fork
Right Fork
Right Fork
Rocky Fork
Spruce Fork
Stony Fork
Sugar Fork
Sugarcamp Fork

former communities

Biltmore
Inanda
Kenilworth
Montford
Oakley
Ramoth
South Biltmore
Sunset Park
Victoria
West Asheville

gaps

Baldwin Gap
Baldwin Gap
Ball Gap
Ballard Gap
Balsam Gap
Bearpen Gap
Beartree Gap
Bearwallow Gap
Beaverdam Gap
Beaverdam Gap
Bent Creek Gap
Berrys Gap
Billy Cove Gap
Black Mountain Gap
Blue Gap
Bradley Gap
Brooks Gap
Buck Gap
Bull Gap
Bullhead Gap
Campground Gap
Cane Creek Gap
Cane River Gap
Cherry Log Gap
Chestnut Gap
Craven Gap
Cutthroat Gap
Davidson Gap
Dix Creek Gap
Eads Gap
Earlies Gap
Elk Wallow Gap
Fairview Gap
Fillie Gap
Flat Springs Gap
Gentry Gap
Glady Fork Gap
Grassy Gap
Hawkbill Gap
Haywood Gap
Hickory Gap
Hickory Nut Gap
Hogpen Gap
Hooker Gap
Ingles Field Gap
Ingles Gap
Ivy Gap
Jack Gap
Jesse Gap
Lakey Gap
Laurel Gap
Lewis Gap
Licklog Gap
Light Gap
Little Sandy Gap
Locust Gap
Long Gap
Long Gap
Lookoff Gap
Lovelace Gap
Luther Gap
Minehole Gap
Moody Gap
Newfound Gap
Norton Fork Gap
Paint Fork Gap
Patton Gap
Pinnacle Gap
Pleasant Gap
Pot Cove Gap
Potato Field Gap
Potato Gap
Rainbow Gap
Rainbow Gap
Randall Gap
Reynolds Gap
Roaring Gap
Rogers Gap
Salton Gap
Sam Gap
Sassafras Gap
Shuckpen Gap
Sleepy Gap
Snowball Gap
Sourwood Gap
Spivey Gap
Stone Mountain Gap
Strouph Gap
Sugartree Gap
Swannanoa Gap
Swannanoa Gap
Town Mountain Gap
Turkey Creek Gap
Wade Gap
Windy Gap
Wolfpen Gap
Yellow Gap
Young Gap

historical markers

Andre Michaux historical marker
Anne Penland historical marker
Asheville Normal School historical marker
Battle of Asheville historical marker
Biltmore House historical marker
Bingham School historical marker
Black Mountain College historical marker
Buncombe Turnpike historical marker
Confederate Armory historical marker
David L. Swain historical marker
Dr. L. B. Mcbrayer historical marker
Electric Streetcars historical marker
Flood Of 1916 historical marker
Forster A. Sondley 1857-1931 historical marker
Francis Asbury historical marker
Geodesic Domes historical marker
George Masa historical marker
Jeter C. Pritchard historical marker
Jimmie Rodgers 1897-1933 historical marker
Joseph Lane historical marker
Kiffin Y. Rockwell historical marker
Lee's School historical marker
Lillian Exum Clement Stafford 1886-1925 historical marker
Locke Craig 1860-1924 historical marker
Montreat College historical marker
Mount Mitchell Railroad historical marker
Newton Academy historical marker
Olive Tilford Dargan 1869-1968 historical marker
Rafael Guastavino historical marker
Richmond Pearson 1852-1923 historical marker
Riverside Cemetery historical marker
Rutherford Trace historical marker
Rutherford Trace historical marker
Rutherford Trace historical marker
Sherrill's Inn historical marker
Stoneman's Raid historical marker
Stoneman's Raid historical marker
Sulphur Springs historical marker
Swannanoa Gap historical marker
Swannanoa Tunnel historical marker
Thomas Wolfe historical marker
University of N.C. at Asheville historical marker
Warren Wilson College historical marker
Weaver College historical marker
William Moore historical marker
Young Men's Institute historical marker
Zebulon B. Vance 1830-1894 historical marker
Zelda Fitzgerald historical marker

historical sites

Biltmore Estate
Camp Clingman
Camp Jeter
Camp Patton
Camp Vance
Fort Hill

knobs

Bald Knob
Bald Knob
Bald Knob
Bearpen Knob
Big Butt Knob
Big Fork Knob
Billy Cove Knob
Black Knob
Blackstock Knob
Blue Rock Knob
Browns Knob
Bruce Knob
Brushy Knob
Buzzard Knob
Buzzard Knob
Campground Knob
Candler Knob
Cedar Cliff Knob
Cedar Knob
Chestnut Knob
Cold Knob
Courthouse Knob
Craggy Knob
Cross Knob
Dill Knob
Evans Knob
Ferrin Knob
Flat Springs Knob
Flint Knob
Frosty Knob
Goldview Knob
Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob
Haw Knob
Hemphill Knob
High Hickory Knob
High Knob
High Knob
High Knob
Ivy Knob
Jess Knob
Jones Knob
Kits Knob
Lakey Knob
Lewis McDaires Knob
Little Butt Knob
Little Craggy Knob
Locust Knob
Louis Ray Knob
Lovelace Knob
Luther Knob
Moody Knob
North Knob
Oak Knob
Ogle Meadow Knob
Paynes Knob
Peach Knob
Pigpen Knob
Pinnacle Knob
Pleasant Knob
Potato Knob
Potato Knob
Rattlesnake Knob
Rattlesnake Knob
Raven Knob
Ray Knob
Red Oak Knob
Rice Knob
Rich Knob
Rich Knob
Rich Knob
Richland Knob
Rocky Knob
Rocky Knob
Rocky Knob
Sheepwallow Knob
Shell Knob
Stony Knob
Tatter Knob
Thompson Knob
Vance Knob
Walker Knob
Watch Knob
West Knob
Weston Knob
White Hurricane Knob
Whitted Knob
Wildcat Knob
Wise Knob
Wolf Knob
Wolfden Knob

lakes

Assembly Lake
Beaver Lake
Enka Lake
Lake Ashnoca
Lake Charles
Lake Craig
Lake Eden
Lake Kenilworth
Lake Louise
Lake Susan
Lake Tomahawk
Laurel Lake
Skyland Lake

mountain features

Big Butt Mountain
Big Piney Ridg
Cedar Cliff
Ferguson Peak
Gooch Peak
High Pinnacle
High Point
Jobs Peak
Lane Pinnacle
Little Cedar Cliff
Peggy Peak
Pigeon Ledge
Rice Pinnacle
Spruce Pinnacle

mountain ranges

Elk Mountains
Great Craggy Mountains
Swannanoa Mountains

mountains

Allen Mountain
Ball Mountain
Barnwell Mountain
Bartlett Mountain
Beard Mountain
Bearwallow Mountain
Beaucatcher Mountain
Bent Mountain
Big Butte
Big Flats
Bill Cole Mountain
Blake Mountain
Boyd Mountain
Brank Mountain
Brittain Mountain
Britton Mountain
Brown Mountain
Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain
Buckeye Mountain
Bull Mountain
Bullhead Mountain
Burney Mountain
Burr Mountain
Busbee Mountain
Butler Mountain
Carson Mountain
Carter Mountain
Cedar Cliff
Chestnut Mountain
Cisco Mountain
Concord Mountain
Cook Mountain
Copperas Mountain
Coxcomb Mountain
Craggy Dome
Craggy Pinnacle
Cross Mountain
Deaver View Mountain
Double Head
Doubletop Mountain
Dry Mountain
Dryman Mountain
Ducker Mountain
Dunsmore Mountain
Dyeleaf Mountain
Face Rock
Flat Top Mountain
Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain
Forked Tree Mountain
Fradey Mountain
Garren Mountain
Graham Mountain
Graybeard Mountain
Hamburg Mountain
Hanlon Mountain
Harris View
Hemphill Mountain
High Swan
High Windy
Holland Mountain
Ike Mountain
Ingraham Mountain
Jarvins Mountain
Jones Mountain
Jones Mountain
Lance Mountain
Lankford Mountain
Little Brushy
Little Cedar Mountain
Little Davis Mountain
Little Middle Mountain
Little New Mountain
Little Pisgah Mountain
Little Pisgah Mountain
Little Snowball Mountain
Long Mountain
Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain
Lydie Mountain
Merrill Mountain
Miami Mountain
Middle Mountain
Middle Mountain
Miller Mountain
Miller Mountain
Mount Pisgah
Nanny Mountain
Newfound Mountain
Nofat Mountain
Patton Mountain
Pine Mountain
Pine Tree Mountain
Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain
Pinnacle Mountain
Point Misery
Potato Mountain
Ramsey Mountain
Razor Mountain
Richland Mountain
Ripshin Mountain
Robinson Mountain
Robinson Rough
Saw Mountain
Scott Mountain
Sheep Rock
Shumont Mountain
Smathers View Mountain
Snowball Mountain
Spivey Mountain
Spring Mountain
Spring Mountain
Standhill Mountain
Stradley Mountain
Sunset Mountain
Swan Mountain
Tharp Mountain
Thurz Mountain
Truckwheel Mountain
Wallace Mountain
Weedy Mountain
White Rock Mountain
Wildcat Mountain
Wiley Mountain
Young Pisgah Mountain

regions

Appalachian Dialect Region

ridges

Bee Ridge
Bens Ridge
Big Andy Ridge
Big Fork Ridge
Brush Fence Ridge
Brushy Ridge
Brushy Ridge
Buck Ridge
Bud Ridge
Bullhead Ridge
Charlie Ridge
Chestnut Cove Ridge
Chestnut Ridge
Dutchman Ridge
Fannie Ridge
Forked Ridge
Glassmine Ridge
Greenfield Ridge
High Hickory Ridge
Hogback Ridge
Ingles Ridge
Iron Ore Ridge
Jess Ridge
John Anders Ridge
Justice Ridge
Little Andy Ridge
Little Fork Ridge
Little Piney Ridge
Locust Ridge
McDaires Ridge
Morgan Ridge
Sheep Ridge
Shut-in Ridge
Spruce Pine Ridge
Stairwalk Ridge
Starnes Ridge
Tanbark Ridge
Turkey Ridge
Walker Ridge
Warren Ridge
Watershed Ridge

rivers

Swannanoa River

rocks

Hawkbill Rock

schools

A. C. Reynolds High School
Asheville High School
Buncombe County Early College
Charles D. Owen High School
Clyde A. Erwin High School
Community High School
Enka High
IC Imagine
Nesbitt Discovery Academy
North Buncombe High School
School of Inquiry and Life Sciences
Shiloh School
T. C. Roberson High School
The Franklin School of Innovation
Weaverville Colored School

springs

Twin Springs

tops

Billie Top
Chestnut Top
Dads Top
Double Top
Flat Top
Glade Top
Grassy Top
Green Top
Hayes Top
Hickory Top
High Top
High Top
Jesses High Top
Little Hickory Top
Twelve O'Clock Top
Walker Top

towns

Alexander
Arden
Barnardsville
Biltmore Forest
Black Mountain
Huntsborough
Jupiter
Montreat
Weaverville

townships

Asheville Township
Avery Creek Township
Black Mountain Township
Broad River Township
Fairview Township
Flat Creek Township
French Broad Township
Ivy Township
Leicester Township
Limestone Township
Lower Hominy Township
Reems Creek Township
Sandy Mush Township
Swannanoa Township
Upper Hominy Township

transportation-related places

Swannanoa Tunnel

valleys

Anderson Cove
Beard Cove
Billy Cove
Brank Cove
Burgin Cove
Cabin Cove
Carter Cove
Case Cove
Chestnut Cove
Cisco Cove
Cole Cove
Coles Cove
Cowan Cove
Dunsmore Cove
Eagle Rock Cove
Eller Cove
Eskridge Cove
Glen Cove
Green Valley
Hayes Cove
Herren Cove
Herron Cove
Holcombe Cove
Honeycut Cove
Laughter Cove
Linn Cove
Lowery Cove
Lytle Cove
McCoy Cove
Merrill Cove
Moody Cove
Patton Cove
Pennix Cove
Pigpen Cove
Pink Fox Cove
Pinner Cove
Robinson Cove
Sodom Hollow
Spice Cove
Spruce Pine Cove
Sugar Hollow
Webb Cove
Wolf Cove

waterfalls

Flat Creek Falls
Walker Falls