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id="toc-Major_highways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Major infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li 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interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9)" title="مقاطعة بونكوم (كارولاينا الشمالية) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة بونكوم (كارولاينا الشمالية)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_K%C5%ABn_(North_Carolina)" title="Buncombe Kūn (North Carolina) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Buncombe Kūn (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BC_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Бънгкъм (окръг, Северна Каролина) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бънгкъм (окръг, Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Buncombe County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County" title="Buncombe County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Buncombe County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Buncombe County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County,_Gogledd_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, Gogledd Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Buncombe County, Gogledd Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County" title="Buncombe County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Buncombe County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Buncombe" title="Condado de Buncombe – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Buncombe" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Buncombe" title="Kantono Buncombe – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Buncombe" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_konderria_(Ipar_Carolina)" title="Buncombe konderria (Ipar Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Buncombe konderria (Ipar Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="شهرستان بان‌کوم، کارولینای شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان بان‌کوم، کارولینای شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Buncombe" title="Comté de Buncombe – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Buncombe" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Buncombe,_Carolina_Thuaidh" title="Contae Buncombe, Carolina Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Buncombe, Carolina Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="بان‌کوم ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="بان‌کوم ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%99%EC%BB%B4%EA%B5%B0" title="벙컴군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="벙컴군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="বানকম্বে কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="বানকম্বে কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_(%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B4)" title="Банком (зылд) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Банком (зылд)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Buncombe" title="Contea di Buncombe – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Buncombe" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="cdo" data-title="Buncombe Gông (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County" title="Buncombe County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Buncombe County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E5%B7%9E)" title="バンコム郡 (ノースカロライナ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バンコム郡 (ノースカロライナ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li 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href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="بنکومب کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بنکومب کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County" title="Buncombe County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Buncombe County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Buncombe" title="Hrabstwo Buncombe – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Buncombe" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Buncombe" title="Condado de Buncombe – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Buncombe" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Buncombe,_Carolina_de_Nord" title="Comitatul Buncombe, Carolina de Nord – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Buncombe, Carolina de Nord" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Банком (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Банком (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County" title="Buncombe County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Buncombe County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Buncombe County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr 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href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncomben_piirikunta" title="Buncomben piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Buncomben piirikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncombe_County" title="Buncombe County – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Buncombe County" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Банком (округ, Төньяк Каролина) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Банком (округ, Төньяк Каролина)" 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href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buncombe_County_Courthouse,_Asheville,_NC_(46019891424).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Buncombe County Courthouse in Asheville"><img alt="Buncombe County Courthouse in Asheville" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Buncombe_County_Courthouse%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846019891424%29.jpg/260px-Buncombe_County_Courthouse%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846019891424%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Buncombe_County_Courthouse%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846019891424%29.jpg/390px-Buncombe_County_Courthouse%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846019891424%29.jpg 1.5x, 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buncombe_County_Flag.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Buncombe County"><img alt="Flag of Buncombe County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Buncombe_County_Flag.gif/97px-Buncombe_County_Flag.gif" decoding="async" width="97" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Buncombe_County_Flag.gif/146px-Buncombe_County_Flag.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Buncombe_County_Flag.gif/194px-Buncombe_County_Flag.gif 2x" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BuncombeCountyNCseal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Buncombe County"><img alt="Official seal of Buncombe County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/BuncombeCountyNCseal.png/90px-BuncombeCountyNCseal.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/BuncombeCountyNCseal.png/135px-BuncombeCountyNCseal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/BuncombeCountyNCseal.png/180px-BuncombeCountyNCseal.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="313" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buncombe_County_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Buncombe County"><img alt="Official logo of Buncombe County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Buncombe_County_Logo.png/75px-Buncombe_County_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg/300px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg/450px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg/600px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2687" data-file-height="1019" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" 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-82.53</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/45px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1792</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Buncombe" title="Edward Buncombe">Edward Buncombe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest municipality</th><td class="infobox-data">Asheville</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">659.95 sq mi (1,709.3 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">656.50 sq mi (1,700.3 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">3.45 sq mi (8.9 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.52%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">269,452</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">275,901</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">410.37/sq mi (158.44/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 11th congressional district">11th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.buncombecounty.org/">buncombecounty.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Buncombe County</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'">ŋ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BUNK</span>-um</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-North_Carolina_Collection_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Carolina_Collection-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. It is classified within <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a> reported the population was 269,452, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">7th-most populous county in North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buncombe County is part of the Asheville, NC <a href="/wiki/Asheville_metropolitan_area" title="Asheville metropolitan area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area of modern day Buncombe County and its environs was originally populated by the <a href="/wiki/Anigiduwagi" class="mw-redirect" title="Anigiduwagi">Anigiduwagi</a>, better known as the Cherokee people.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Europeans, primarily of German, Scottish and English descent, began to live in Buncombe in the early 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-BuncombeCountyNCHP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuncombeCountyNCHP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some the earliest permanent European settlers in Buncombe arrived in 1784.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These European settlers frequently broke their treaties with the Cherokee, gradually dispelling them from their land in Buncombe County by force.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1792 and April 1793, <a href="/wiki/John_Dillard" title="John Dillard">John Dillard</a> was a commissioner in a local political dispute of determining where the county seat of Buncombe County should be located. It was provided in an act creating Buncombe County for a committee of five persons to be appointed for the selection of the site. A dispute arose between two factions of Buncombe County residents on opposite sides of the <a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa River</a>, one faction pressing for the county seat to be north of Swannanoa, which is now the center of Asheville, and the other faction demanding it to be at a place south of Swannanoa River, which later became known as the "Steam Saw Mill Place", and is now the southern part of the city of Asheville. </p><p>Buncombe County was organized by <a href="/wiki/European_Americans" title="European Americans">European Americans</a> after the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> in the home of Colonel William Davidson, a cousin of <a href="/wiki/William_Lee_Davidson" title="William Lee Davidson">William Lee Davidson</a> who was elected as the county's first <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">state senator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Allen_Turner_Davidson_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allen_Turner_Davidson-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first meeting of the county government took place in April 1792 in Colonel Davidson's barn (located on the present-day <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Estate" title="Biltmore Estate">Biltmore Estate</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At first, deeds were <a href="/wiki/Recording_(real_estate)" title="Recording (real estate)">recorded</a> in <a href="/wiki/Morganton,_North_Carolina" title="Morganton, North Carolina">Morganton</a>, the nearest county seat. That was inconvenient for residents as roads were poor. In December 1792, seven men met to select a courthouse location for the county. The first courthouse was built at the present-day Pack Square site in Asheville.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county was formed in 1791 from parts of <a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Burke County, North Carolina">Burke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rutherford County, North Carolina">Rutherford</a> counties. It was named for <a href="/wiki/Edward_Buncombe" title="Edward Buncombe">Edward Buncombe</a>, a colonel in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> who was captured at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Germantown" title="Battle of Germantown">Battle of Germantown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-on1939_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-on1939-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An earlier proposed name was "Union County".<sup id="cite_ref-BuncombeCountyNCHP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuncombeCountyNCHP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The large county originally extended to the Tennessee line. </p><p>Many of the early settlers were <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a>. In 1807 the pastors of six churches, including the revivalist <a href="/wiki/Sion_Blythe" title="Sion Blythe">Sion Blythe</a>, formed the French Broad Association of Baptist churches in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As population increased in this part of the state, parts of the county were taken to organize new counties. In 1808 the western part of Buncombe County became <a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood County</a>. In 1833 parts of Burke and Buncombe counties were combined to form <a href="/wiki/Yancey_County,_North_Carolina" title="Yancey County, North Carolina">Yancey County</a>. In 1838 the southern part of what was left of Buncombe County became <a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson County</a>. In 1851 parts of Buncombe and Yancey counties were combined to form <a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison County</a>. Finally, in 1925 the Broad River township of <a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina" title="McDowell County, North Carolina">McDowell County</a> was transferred to Buncombe County. </p><p>In 1820, a U.S. Congressman whose district included Buncombe County, unintentionally contributed a word to the English language. In the <a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixteenth United States Congress">Sixteenth Congress</a>, after lengthy debate on the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Compromise" title="Missouri Compromise">Missouri Compromise</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House</a> called for an immediate vote on that important question. <a href="/wiki/Felix_Walker_(American_politician)" title="Felix Walker (American politician)">Felix Walker</a> rose to address his colleagues, insisting that his constituents expected him to make a speech "for Buncombe." It was later remarked that Walker's untimely and irrelevant oration was not just <i>for</i> Buncombe—it "<i>was</i> Buncombe." <i>Buncombe,</i> afterwards spelled <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bunkum" class="extiw" title="wikt:bunkum">bunkum</a></i> and later shortened to <i>bunk,</i> became a term for empty, nonsensical talk.<sup id="cite_ref-ahd_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ahd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That, in turn, is the <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">etymology</a> of the verb <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debunk" class="extiw" title="wikt:debunk">debunk</a></i>. </p><p>In September 2024, <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Helene_in_North_Carolina" title="Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina">Hurricane Helene</a> caused catastrophic, record-breaking flooding throughout Buncombe County and <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>. 47 deaths were recorded in Buncombe County as a result of the storm, the most of any county in the US. Prior to the storm, the county was classified by FEMA as being at low risk of deadly hurricanes.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-lat="35.61" data-lon="-82.53" data-overlays="["_dcebe22db7c383a4a1966ebc20088f2f2624be0d"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/35.61/-82.53/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.61,-82.53,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Buncombe_County%2C_North_Carolina&groups=_dcebe22db7c383a4a1966ebc20088f2f2624be0d" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.61,-82.53,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Buncombe_County%2C_North_Carolina&groups=_dcebe22db7c383a4a1966ebc20088f2f2624be0d 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Buncombe County</div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, Buncombe county has a total area of 659.95 square miles (1,709.3 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 656.50 square miles (1,700.3 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 3.45 square miles (8.9 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.52%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad River</a> enters the county at its border with <a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson County</a> to the south and flows north into <a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison County</a>. The source of the <a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa River</a>, which joins the French Broad River in Asheville, is in northeast Buncombe County near <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mitchell_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Mitchell (North Carolina)">Mount Mitchell</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountains_(North_Carolina)" title="Black Mountains (North Carolina)">Black Mountains</a> range. Mt. Mitchell is the highest point in the eastern United States at 6,684 ft.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its summit lies in adjacent Yancey County; the highest point in Buncombe County is Potato Knob, at 6400+ feet, which lies a short distance south of Mount Mitchell. </p><p>A milestone was achieved in 2003 when <a href="/wiki/Interstate_26_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 26 in North Carolina">Interstate 26</a>, still called Future I-26 in northern Buncombe County, was extended from <a href="/wiki/Mars_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mars Hill, North Carolina">Mars Hill</a> (north of Asheville) to <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City, Tennessee</a>. This completed a 20-year, half-billion dollar construction project through the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_areas">National protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Parkway" title="Blue Ridge Parkway">Blue Ridge Parkway</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Craggy_Mountains" title="Great Craggy Mountains">Craggy Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisgah_National_Forest" title="Pisgah National Forest">Pisgah National Forest</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pisgah_(mountain_in_North_Carolina)" title="Mount Pisgah (mountain in North Carolina)">Mount Pisgah</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantahala_National_Forest" title="Nantahala National Forest">Nantahala National Forest</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_local_protected_areas/sites"><span id="State_and_local_protected_areas.2Fsites"></span>State and local protected areas/sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: State and local protected areas/sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Asheville Watershed<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary</li> <li>Big Ivy Historical Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Estate" title="Biltmore Estate">Biltmore Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimney_Rock_State_Park" title="Chimney Rock State Park">Chimney Rock State Park</a> (part)</li> <li>Collier Cove Nature Preserve</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_North_Carolina_Arboretum" class="mw-redirect" title="The North Carolina Arboretum">The North Carolina Arboretum</a></li> <li>Pisgah National Forest Game Land (part)<sup id="cite_ref-NCWRC_Game_Lands_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisgah_View_State_Park" title="Pisgah View State Park">Pisgah View State Park</a> (part)</li> <li>Sandy Mush Game Land (part)<sup id="cite_ref-NCWRC_Game_Lands_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe_House" title="Thomas Wolfe House">Thomas Wolfe House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_Birthplace" class="mw-redirect" title="Vance Birthplace">Vance Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina_Nature_Center" title="Western North Carolina Nature Center">Western North Carolina Nature Center</a></li> <li>Young Forest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_water_bodies">Major water bodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Major water bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Lake_(North_Carolina)" title="Beaver Lake (North Carolina)">Beaver Lake</a></li> <li>Beaverdam Creek</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_Creek_(North_Carolina)" title="Bent Creek (North Carolina)">Bent Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_River_(Carolinas)" title="Broad River (Carolinas)">Broad River</a></li> <li>Burnett Reservoir</li> <li>Cane Creek</li> <li>Flat Creek</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Julian_(North_Carolina)" title="Lake Julian (North Carolina)">Lake Julian</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lake Kenilworth</li> <li>Lake Craig</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Powhatan_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Powhatan (North Carolina)">Lake Powhatan</a></li> <li>Lake Louise</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Left Fork Swannanoa River</a></li> <li>Little Pole Creek</li> <li>Long Valley Lake</li> <li>Newfound Creek</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Fork_Reservoir" title="North Fork Reservoir">North Fork Reservoir</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Fork_Swannanoa_River" title="North Fork Swannanoa River">North Fork Swannanoa River</a></li> <li>Pole Creek</li> <li>Reems Creek</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Right Fork Swannanoa River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa River</a></li> <li>Tom Creek</li> <li>Turkey Creek</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yancey_County,_North_Carolina" title="Yancey County, North Carolina">Yancey County</a> – northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina" title="McDowell County, North Carolina">McDowell County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rutherford County, North Carolina">Rutherford County</a> – southeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson County</a> – south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina" title="Transylvania County, North Carolina">Transylvania County</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood County</a> – west</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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data-file-height="601" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_26_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 26 in North Carolina">I-26</a> / Future I-26 (small section undesignated)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/24px-I-40.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/36px-I-40.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/48px-I-40.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 40 in North Carolina">I-40</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/I-240.svg/30px-I-240.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/I-240.svg/45px-I-240.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/I-240.svg/60px-I-240.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_240_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 240 (North Carolina)">I-240</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/24px-US_19.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/36px-US_19.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/48px-US_19.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina">US 19</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/24px-US_23.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/36px-US_23.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/48px-US_23.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_23_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 23 in North Carolina">US 23</a></li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/24px-Business_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/36px-Business_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/48px-Business_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/24px-US_23.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/36px-US_23.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/48px-US_23.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_23_Business_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 23 Business (Asheville, North Carolina)">US 23 Bus.</a></li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/24px-Business_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/36px-Business_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/48px-Business_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/24px-US_23.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/36px-US_23.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/US_23.svg/48px-US_23.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_23_Business_(Waynesville,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 23 Business (Waynesville, North Carolina)">US 23 Bus.</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/US_25.svg/24px-US_25.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/US_25.svg/36px-US_25.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/US_25.svg/48px-US_25.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_25_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 25 in North Carolina">US 25</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/US_25A.svg/30px-US_25A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/US_25A.svg/45px-US_25A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/US_25A.svg/60px-US_25A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_25A_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 25A in North Carolina">US 25A</a></li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Truck_plate.svg/24px-Truck_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Truck_plate.svg/36px-Truck_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Truck_plate.svg/48px-Truck_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/24px-US_64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/36px-US_64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/48px-US_64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_64_Truck_(Franklin%E2%80%93Hendersonville,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 64 Truck (Franklin–Hendersonville, North Carolina)">US 64 Truck</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US_70.svg/24px-US_70.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US_70.svg/36px-US_70.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US_70.svg/48px-US_70.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_70_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina">US 70</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/24px-US_74.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/36px-US_74.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/48px-US_74.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74" title="U.S. Route 74">US 74</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/US_74A.svg/30px-US_74A.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/US_74A.svg/45px-US_74A.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/US_74A.svg/60px-US_74A.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74A_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 74A in North Carolina">US 74A</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/NC_9.svg/24px-NC_9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/NC_9.svg/36px-NC_9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/NC_9.svg/48px-NC_9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_9" title="North Carolina Highway 9">NC 9</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/NC_63.svg/24px-NC_63.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/NC_63.svg/36px-NC_63.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/NC_63.svg/48px-NC_63.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_63" title="North Carolina Highway 63">NC 63</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/NC_81.svg/24px-NC_81.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/NC_81.svg/36px-NC_81.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/NC_81.svg/48px-NC_81.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_81" title="North Carolina Highway 81">NC 81</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/NC_112.svg/24px-NC_112.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/NC_112.svg/36px-NC_112.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/NC_112.svg/48px-NC_112.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_112" title="North Carolina Highway 112">NC 112</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/NC_146.svg/24px-NC_146.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/NC_146.svg/36px-NC_146.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/NC_146.svg/48px-NC_146.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_146" title="North Carolina Highway 146">NC 146</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NC_151.svg/24px-NC_151.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NC_151.svg/36px-NC_151.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/NC_151.svg/48px-NC_151.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_151" title="North Carolina Highway 151">NC 151</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/NC_191.svg/24px-NC_191.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/NC_191.svg/36px-NC_191.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/NC_191.svg/48px-NC_191.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_191" title="North Carolina Highway 191">NC 191</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/NC_197.svg/24px-NC_197.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/NC_197.svg/36px-NC_197.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/NC_197.svg/48px-NC_197.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_197" title="North Carolina Highway 197">NC 197</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NC_251.svg/24px-NC_251.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NC_251.svg/36px-NC_251.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/NC_251.svg/48px-NC_251.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_251" title="North Carolina Highway 251">NC 251</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/NC_280.svg/24px-NC_280.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/NC_280.svg/36px-NC_280.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/NC_280.svg/48px-NC_280.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_280" title="North Carolina Highway 280">NC 280</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/NC_694.svg/24px-NC_694.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/NC_694.svg/36px-NC_694.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/NC_694.svg/48px-NC_694.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_694" title="North Carolina Highway 694">NC 694</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_infrastructure">Major infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Major infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>5,812</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>9,277</td><td></td><td>59.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>10,542</td><td></td><td>13.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>16,281</td><td></td><td>54.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>10,084</td><td></td><td>−38.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>13,425</td><td></td><td>33.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>12,654</td><td></td><td>−5.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>15,412</td><td></td><td>21.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>21,909</td><td></td><td>42.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>35,266</td><td></td><td>61.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>44,288</td><td></td><td>25.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>49,798</td><td></td><td>12.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>64,148</td><td></td><td>28.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>97,937</td><td></td><td>52.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>108,755</td><td></td><td>11.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>124,403</td><td></td><td>14.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>130,074</td><td></td><td>4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>145,056</td><td></td><td>11.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>160,934</td><td></td><td>10.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>174,821</td><td></td><td>8.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>206,330</td><td></td><td>18.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>238,318</td><td></td><td>15.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>269,452</td><td></td><td>13.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">275,901</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>2.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-QF_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Since 1970, the county has had a steady rise in population, attracting retirees, second-home buyers and others from outside the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Buncombe County racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>214,862 </td> <td>79.74% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>15,017 </td> <td>5.57% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>727 </td> <td>0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>3,274 </td> <td>1.22% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>467 </td> <td>0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>13,183 </td> <td>4.89% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>21,922 </td> <td>8.14% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 269,452 people, 106,741 households, and 63,675 families residing in the county. From 2010 to 2020, Buncombe County added 31,104 people or 13.0% population growth,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the fastest growing county in Western North Carolina during the decade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 206,330 people, 85,776 households, and 55,668 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 314 people per square mile (121 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 93,973 housing units at an average density of 143 units per square mile (55 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 89.06% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 7.48% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.39% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.66% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.04% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.15% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.23% from two or more races. 2.78% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 85,776 households, out of which 27.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.50% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.10% were non-families. Of all households 28.90% were made up of individuals, and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.86. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.90% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.90 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $36,666, and the median income for a family was $45,011. Males had a median income of $30,705 versus $23,870 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $20,384. About 7.80% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 15.30% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law,_government,_and_politics"><span id="Law.2C_government.2C_and_politics"></span>Law, government, and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Law, government, and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buncombe County is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Councils_of_governments_in_North_Carolina" title="Councils of governments in North Carolina">Land-of-Sky Regional Council</a> of governments. Buncombe County has a council/manager form of government. Current commissioners are Amanda Edwards (Chair), Al Whitesides, Jennifer Horton, Terri Wells, Martin Moore, Parker Sloan, and Drew Ball.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Buncombe County Public Libraries has 11 branch locations, with a central location at <a href="/wiki/Pack_Memorial_Library" title="Pack Memorial Library">Pack Memorial Library</a> in downtown <a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two public school systems within Buncombe County, including <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County_Schools" title="Buncombe County Schools">Buncombe County Schools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_Schools" title="Asheville City Schools">Asheville City Schools</a> as well as many private schools and charter schools. There are four colleges in Buncombe County, including <a href="/wiki/Asheville-Buncombe_Technical_Community_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College">Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Asheville" title="University of North Carolina at Asheville">University of North Carolina at Asheville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreat_College" title="Montreat College">Montreat College</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Wilson_College" title="Warren Wilson College">Warren Wilson College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sheriff's_Office_and_policing"><span id="Sheriff.27s_Office_and_policing"></span>Sheriff's Office and policing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sheriff's Office and policing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Buncombe County Sheriff provides court protection and jail administration for the entire county and provides patrol and detective services for the unincorporated areas of the county. The Sheriff's Office is organized into six divisions: Enforcement, Detention, Animal Control, Support Operations, School Resources, Civil Process.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current Sheriff is Quentin Miller who was elected in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asheville has a municipal police department, with David Zack named as the Chief of Police in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The municipalities of Black Mountain, Biltmore Forest, Montreat, Weaverville, and Woodfin also have municipal police departments, and UNC Asheville and Montreat College have <a href="/wiki/Campus_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Campus police">campus police</a> departments. The <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Highway_Patrol" title="North Carolina State Highway Patrol">NC State Highway Patrol</a> Troop G regional headquarters is located in east Asheville.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_politics">State politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: State politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2023, in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julie_Mayfield" title="Julie Mayfield">Julie Mayfield</a> (D–<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_49th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 49th Senate district">49th</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Daniel" title="Warren Daniel">Warren Daniel</a> (R–<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_46th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 46th Senate district">46th</a>) both represent parts of Buncombe County. Mayfield represents most of the county including Asheville and the west side. Daniel represents a portion of the east side of the county as well as McDowell and Burke counties. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ager" title="Eric Ager">Eric Ager</a> (D–<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_114th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 114th House district">114th</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Prather" title="Lindsey Prather">Lindsey Prather</a> (D–<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_115th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 115th House district">115th</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Rudow" title="Caleb Rudow">Caleb Rudow</a> (D–<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_116th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 116th House district">116th</a>) each represent part of the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_politics">Federal politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buncombe had long been a <a href="/wiki/Bellwether" title="Bellwether">bellwether</a> county in presidential elections. It voted for the winning candidate in all but one election from 1928 until 2012, with the exception being 1960. </p><p>Since 2008, the county has trended strongly toward the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. It swung from a 0.6 point win for <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> to a 14-point win for <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in 2008, and has gone Democratic by double-digit margins at every election since then. This includes 2016, when it voted for <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> won the electoral college (and the election) after losing the popular vote, the county lost its bellwether status. In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> achieved the strongest performance by a Democrat in the county since <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon Johnson's</a> <a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election" title="1964 United States presidential election">1964</a> landslide. Despite losing North Carolina overall, she pushed the county two points further to the left. </p><p>North Carolina is represented in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> by Republicans <a href="/wiki/Ted_Budd" title="Ted Budd">Ted Budd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Thom Tillis</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Advance,_North_Carolina" title="Advance, North Carolina">Advance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a>, respectively. All of the county is located in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 11th congressional district">North Carolina's 11th congressional district</a>, which is currently held by Republican <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Edwards" title="Chuck Edwards">Chuck Edwards</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright sticky-header-multi" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Buncombe County, North Carolina<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">59,016 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">98,662 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.47%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,832 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">62,412 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.63% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">96,515 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,642 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">55,716 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">75,452 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.30%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,779 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">54,701 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70,625 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.31%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,370 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,494 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.40% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">69,716 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.32%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,585 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2004 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,491 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.99%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">51,868 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.39% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">654 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46,101 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.93%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38,545 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">830 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,518 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.19% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,658 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45.84%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,891 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,892 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.92% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32,955 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>43.65%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11,645 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1988 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36,828 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.55%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26,964 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.14% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">200 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37,698 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,337 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.14% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">148 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26,124 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.80%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24,837 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.40% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,569 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22,461 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.49% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26,633 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">285 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32,091 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.38%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,626 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.69% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">877 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21,031 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44.23%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,624 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11,889 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19,372 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,623 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28,040 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.61%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,303 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.39% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22,655 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.33%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,044 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.67% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24,444 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.15%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,425 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.85% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,460 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.15% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,072 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,319 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,398 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.04% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20,878 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.96%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1940 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,723 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24,878 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.04%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,470 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,646 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.40%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1932 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,745 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,241 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">367 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1928 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,590 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.22%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,405 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.78% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,285 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.30% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,098 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.93%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">467 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,017 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.09% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,167 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.91%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,830 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.52% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,229 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1912 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">426 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6.53% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,716 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.92%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,386 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">36.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,572 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.03%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,506 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.10% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,591 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,181 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,140 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,724 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,611 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.80%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,098 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.93% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,125 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,588 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.73%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">360 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,873 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,956 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.68%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">121 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1884 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,007 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,649 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,591 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.37% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,995 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.63%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The North Carolina Department of Commerce reported that in September 2024 Buncombe County had the lowest unemployment rate of all of North Carolina's counties at a rate of 2.5 percent. In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene's impacts on the region, in October the department reported that Buncombe had the highest rate of unemployment in the state at 8.8 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/300px-Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/450px-Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/600px-Map_of_Buncombe_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 2x" data-file-width="767" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption>Map of Buncombe County with municipal and township labels</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City">City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a> (county seat and largest municipality)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Biltmore Forest, North Carolina">Biltmore Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Black Mountain, North Carolina">Black Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreat,_North_Carolina" title="Montreat, North Carolina">Montreat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weaverville,_North_Carolina" title="Weaverville, North Carolina">Weaverville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodfin,_North_Carolina" title="Woodfin, North Carolina">Woodfin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Townships">Townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asheville" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Avery Creek">Avery Creek</a></li> <li>Black Mountain</li> <li>Broad River</li> <li>Fairview</li> <li>Flat Creek</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Broad" class="mw-redirect" title="French Broad">French Broad</a></li> <li>Hazel<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ivy</li> <li>Leicester</li> <li>Limestone</li> <li>Lower Hominy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reems_Creek" title="Reems Creek">Reems Creek</a></li> <li>Sandy Mush</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swannanoa,_North_Carolina" title="Swannanoa, North Carolina">Swannanoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodfin" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodfin">Woodfin</a></li> <li>Upper Hominy</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Forks_of_Ivy,_North_Carolina" title="Forks of Ivy, North Carolina">Forks of Ivy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter,_North_Carolina" title="Jupiter, North Carolina">Jupiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester,_North_Carolina" title="Leicester, North Carolina">Leicester</a></li> <li>Oak Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgecrest,_North_Carolina" title="Ridgecrest, North Carolina">Ridgecrest</a></li> <li>Sandymush</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skyland,_North_Carolina" title="Skyland, North Carolina">Skyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stocksville,_North_Carolina" title="Stocksville, North Carolina">Stocksville</a></li> <li>Wilson</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101065143529&seq=54&view=2up">"Buncombe County"</a>, <i>Branson's North Carolina Business Directory...1867-68</i>, Raleigh, NC: Branson & Jones, p. 17 – via <a href="/wiki/Hathitrust.org" class="mw-redirect" title="Hathitrust.org">hathitrust.org</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Buncombe+County&rft.btitle=Branson%27s+North+Carolina+Business+Directory...1867-68&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+NC&rft.pages=17&rft.pub=Branson+%26+Jones&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dnjp.32101065143529%26seq%3D54%26view%3D2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuncombe+County%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bransonsnorthcar1896bran/page/n113/mode/2up">"Buncombe County"</a>, <i>Branson's North Carolina Business Directory, 1896</i>, Raleigh, NC: Levi Branson, p. 117 – via <a href="/wiki/Archive.org" class="mw-redirect" title="Archive.org">archive.org</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Buncombe+County&rft.btitle=Branson%27s+North+Carolina+Business+Directory%2C+1896&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+NC&rft.pages=117&rft.pub=Levi+Branson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbransonsnorthcar1896bran%2Fpage%2Fn113%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABuncombe+County%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t2r49km5g&seq=130&view=2up">"Buncombe 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colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina"><span>Asheville</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg/180px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Buncombe_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="68" 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href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#High_Country" title="Western North Carolina">High Country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_North_Carolina" title="Central North Carolina">Piedmont</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Metrolina (Charlotte)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Piedmont Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Triangle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_North_Carolina" title="Eastern North Carolina">Eastern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(region)" title="Cape Fear (region)">Cape Fear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Coast" title="Crystal Coast">Crystal Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Banks" title="Inner Banks">Inner Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#Largest_cities" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston‑Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#A" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina" title="Asheboro, North Carolina">Asheboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrboro,_North_Carolina" title="Carrboro, North Carolina">Carrboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons,_North_Carolina" title="Clemmons, North Carolina">Clemmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuquay-Varina,_North_Carolina" title="Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina">Fuquay-Varina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_North_Carolina" title="Jacksonville, North Carolina">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kernersville,_North_Carolina" title="Kernersville, North Carolina">Kernersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinston,_North_Carolina" title="Kinston, North Carolina">Kinston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland,_North_Carolina" title="Leland, North Carolina">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_North_Carolina" title="Lexington, North Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrisville,_North_Carolina" title="Morrisville, North Carolina">Morrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina" title="New Bern, North Carolina">New Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford,_North_Carolina" title="Sanford, North Carolina">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina" title="Thomasville, North Carolina">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson, North Carolina">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Towns_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Towns in North Carolina">Major towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden,_North_Carolina" title="Eden, North Carolina">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_North_Carolina" title="Graham, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_North_Carolina" title="Hendersonville, North Carolina">Hendersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Mills,_North_Carolina" title="Hope Mills, North Carolina">Hope Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisville,_North_Carolina" title="Lewisville, North Carolina">Lewisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberton,_North_Carolina" title="Lumberton, North Carolina">Lumberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morganton,_North_Carolina" title="Morganton, North Carolina">Morganton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_North_Carolina" title="Morehead City, North Carolina">Morehead City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reidsville,_North_Carolina" title="Reidsville, North Carolina">Reidsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Rapids,_North_Carolina" title="Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina">Roanoke Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_North_Carolina" title="Smithfield, North Carolina">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pines,_North_Carolina" title="Southern Pines, North Carolina">Southern Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_North_Carolina" title="Tarboro, North Carolina">Tarboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina" title="Winterville, North Carolina">Winterville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alamance County, North Carolina">Alamance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alexander County, North Carolina">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alleghany County, North Carolina">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Ashe County, North Carolina">Ashe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Avery County, North Carolina">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, North Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bertie County, North Carolina">Bertie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bladen County, North Carolina">Bladen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Buncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Burke County, North Carolina">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caldwell County, North Carolina">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina" title="Carteret County, North Carolina">Carteret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caswell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caswell County, North Carolina">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catawba_County,_North_Carolina" title="Catawba County, North Carolina">Catawba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chatham County, North Carolina">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chowan County, North Carolina">Chowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_North_Carolina" title="Clay County, North Carolina">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Columbus County, North Carolina">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_County,_North_Carolina" title="Craven County, North Carolina">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cumberland County, North Carolina">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina" title="Currituck County, North Carolina">Currituck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina" title="Dare County, North Carolina">Dare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson County, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davie County, North Carolina">Davie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Duplin County, North Carolina">Duplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina">Edgecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina" title="Forsyth County, North Carolina">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gaston County, North Carolina">Gaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gates County, North Carolina">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Graham County, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_County,_North_Carolina" title="Granville County, North Carolina">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_North_Carolina" title="Greene County, North Carolina">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Guilford County, North Carolina">Guilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina" title="Halifax County, North Carolina">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina" title="Harnett County, North Carolina">Harnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hertford County, North Carolina">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hoke County, North Carolina">Hoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hyde County, North Carolina">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iredell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Iredell County, North Carolina">Iredell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Johnston County, North Carolina">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jones County, North Carolina">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lee County, North Carolina">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir County, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_North_Carolina" title="Macon County, North Carolina">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Martin County, North Carolina">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina" title="McDowell County, North Carolina">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mitchell County, North Carolina">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Montgomery County, North Carolina">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_North_Carolina" title="Moore County, North Carolina">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina">New Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_North_Carolina" title="Northampton County, North Carolina">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onslow_County,_North_Carolina" title="Onslow County, North Carolina">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamlico_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pamlico County, North Carolina">Pamlico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasquotank_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pasquotank County, North Carolina">Pasquotank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pender_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pender County, North Carolina">Pender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perquimans_County,_North_Carolina" title="Perquimans County, North Carolina">Perquimans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Person_County,_North_Carolina" title="Person County, North Carolina">Person</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pitt County, North Carolina">Pitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_North_Carolina" title="Polk County, North Carolina">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_North_Carolina" title="Randolph County, North Carolina">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_County,_North_Carolina" title="Richmond County, North Carolina">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robeson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Robeson County, North Carolina">Robeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rockingham County, North Carolina">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rowan County, North Carolina">Rowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rutherford County, North Carolina">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Sampson County, North Carolina">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Scotland County, North Carolina">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanly_County,_North_Carolina" title="Stanly County, North Carolina">Stanly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stokes_County,_North_Carolina" title="Stokes County, North Carolina">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry_County,_North_Carolina" title="Surry County, North Carolina">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swain_County,_North_Carolina" title="Swain County, North Carolina">Swain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina" title="Transylvania County, North Carolina">Transylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Tyrrell County, North Carolina">Tyrrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Union County, North Carolina">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Vance County, North Carolina">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina">Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_North_Carolina" title="Warren County, North Carolina">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_North_Carolina" title="Washington County, North Carolina">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_County,_North_Carolina" 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