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Asheville-Marion-Brevard, NC CSA
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 Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison. The area's population was 424,858 according to the 2010 census, and 469,454 according to the 2020 census. Counties *Buncombe * Haywood *Henderson *Madison *Transylvania Communities Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants *Asheville (principal city) Places with 5,000 to 75,000 inhabitants * Black Mountain * Brevard * East Flat Rock * Etowah * Fletcher * Hendersonville *Mills River * Swannanoa * Waynesville * Woodfin Places with 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants *Canton * Flat Rock *Lake Junaluska * Weaverville Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants * Avery Creek * Balfour * Barker Heights * Bent Creek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asheville Metro Area Counties
Asheville ( ) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina and the state's 11th-most-populous city with a population of 94,589 at the 2020 census. The four-county Asheville metropolitan area has an estimated 422,000 residents. History Origins Before the arrival of the European Colonists, the land where Asheville now exists lay within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, which had homelands in modern western North and South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. A town at the site of the river confluence was recorded as ''Guaxule'' by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto during his 1540 expedition through this area. His expedition comprised the first European visitors, who carried endemic Eurasian infectious diseases that killed much of the native population. The Cherokee h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
