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Weaverville is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,567 at the 2020 census. It is part of the
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History

Chartered in 1875 and named for Michael Montraville Weaver who gave the land for the town, Weaverville sits along the Dry Ridge (named by the Indians for its relatively arid conditions). The Treaty of Holston signed in 1786 cleared the way for settlers to move into the area. Among the first settlers were John and Elizabeth Weaver, parents of the town's founder. Early residents, friends, and relatives soon began gathering for religious
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s near the south end of College Street. On land first known as the Reems Creek Camp Grounds, a large conference house (built in the 1830s) housed the
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assembly which became the first school in the area in 1840. By 1862, 121 families were in the Reems Creek area, many owning more than . Weaverville College, chartered in 1873, attracted many families. The former president's house is now the Dry Ridge Bed and Breakfast. A four-year college, it was downsized in 1912 to
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status, merging in 1934 with Rutherford and Brevard Colleges to continue in Brevard. In 1912 a public school (grades 1-7) was located at the west end of Church Street. The first full-time public school on Main Street was established in 1921. In 1927 grades 11-12 attended school in the Robinsom-Lotspeich house (now the Inn on Main Street Bed and Breakfast). Weaverville High School, built by the WPA in 1927, opened on the south end of Main Street, but later merged secondary-school operations with four other area schools (Flat Creek, Red Oak, French Broad, and Barnardsville) in 1954 to form North Buncombe High School . Business and private residences were built along Main Street. Dr. J.A. Reagan was the first mayor, and with a town council Weaverville began to develop roads and walkways. A police chief developed law and order. With the arrival of electricity and the arrival of an electric trolley the town prospered. Land development boomed. Post offices, starting in 1860, were located in McClure's log cabin, Vandiver's Store (now Blue Mountain Pizza) and Shope's Furniture. A new post office was completed in 2001 on North Main. The Fire Department was established in 1912, with the first truck purchased in 1922. A fire station was built in 1958 on Merchants Alley, behind the 12 N. Main Town Hall. It moved into the Reagan Building on S. Main Street and then finally onto Monticello Road. North Carolina's Civil War governor, Zebulon B. Vance, was born in the nearby Reems Creek community. Reems Creek itself flows through Weaverville adjacent to the town's Lake Louise Park. The mill at Reem's Creek was portrayed in "Picturesque America," a famous 19th century work of illustrated American scenes published in 1872. The Dr. John G. & Nannie H. Barrett Farm, Brigman-Chambers House, Joseph P. Eller House, Weaverville United Methodist Church, and Zebulon H. Baird House are listed on the
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Development

Construction began in March 2017 of the 35,000-square-foot ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center at an old cement plant on Murphy Hill Road. The $9 million project will "likely to be the first-ever facility dedicated strictly to providing behavioral rehabilitation to canine victims of cruelty and neglect in the United States." Weaverville is located north of downtown Asheville, and many residents of Weaverville work in that larger city. However, Weaverville has an economy of its own which includes
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. In 1963, A-B Emblem, one of the world's largest producers of embroidered patches, built a factory in Weaverville. Since that time, A-B Emblem has been among the town's largest employers. In 2013, the company celebrated 50 years of continual operation in Weaverville. The company produces more than 70 million embroidered patches annually. A branch of Arvato Digital Services, formerly Sonopress - the world's second-largest replicator of CDs and DVDs, used to operate a facility in Weaverville. The Solstice East
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for girls is located in Weaverville. Accusations of abuse have been made against the center.


Geography

Interstate 26, concurrent with U.S. Routes 23 and 19, runs along the western edge of the town, with access from exits 18, 19, and 21. I-26 leads south to downtown Asheville and north to
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. U.S. Routes 25 and 70 head west from exit 19, leading to
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. According to the
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, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.24%, is water, including a man-made lake on the southern outskirts of town named Lake Louise.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,567 people, 1,785 households, and 1,072 families residing in the town.


2000 census

As of the
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of 2000, there were 2,416 people, 1,008 households, and 690 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,081 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.69%
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, 1.28%
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, 0.25% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.41% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.16% of the population. There were 1,008 households, out of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were
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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.76. In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.1% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $45,110, and the median income for a family was $52,731. Males had a median income of $35,577 versus $24,613 for females. The
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for the town was $24,517. About 2.1% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the
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, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.


Government

The current mayor is Patrick Fitzsimmons, elected in 2021, replacing Al Root. Fitzsimmons served previously on the towns Economic Development Advisory Board. The Town Council holds its regular monthly meeting on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM. Meeting agendas are published to the Town's website by the Wednesday before the meeting.


Education

Public K-12 education in Weaverville is administered by Buncombe County Schools. Kindergarten and first grade students attend Weaverville Primary School, and 2nd through 4th grade students attend Weaverville Elementary School. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students attend North Windy Ridge Intermediate School and North Buncombe Middle School. At these schools, students from Weaverville are mixed with other students from communities in the wider North Buncombe school district. High school Weaverville students are assigned to North Buncombe High School, though they also have to option to attend Martin L. Nesbitt Jr. Discovery Academy, Buncombe County Middle College High School, or Community High School.


Notable people

* John E. Sloan, US Army major general, lived in Weaverville during retirement * Karlyn Pickens, College Softball pitcher * Rome Chambers (1875-1902), Major League Baseball pitcher


References


External links

* {{authority control Towns in Buncombe County, North Carolina Towns in North Carolina Asheville metropolitan area 1875 establishments in North Carolina