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class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2 Neighborhoods </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Neighborhoods-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Architecture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architecture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3 Architecture </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Architecture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metropolitan/combined_statistical_area" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metropolitan/combined_statistical_area"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.4 Metropolitan/combined statistical area </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metropolitan/combined_statistical_area-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Demographics </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button 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id="toc-Arts_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Arts and culture </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Arts and culture subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Music </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performing_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performing_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Performing arts </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performing_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Visual_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Visual_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 Visual arts </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Visual_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film_and_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film_and_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Film and television </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film_and_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Places_of_worship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Places_of_worship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.5 Places of worship </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Places_of_worship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Restaurants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Restaurants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6 Restaurants </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Restaurants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Points_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Points_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.7 Points of interest </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Points_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Sports </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Sports subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Current teams </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Previous_teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> 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Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="آشفيل (كارولاينا الشمالية)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="اشویل، قوزئی کارولینا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اشویل، قوزئی کارولینا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_(North_Carolina)" title="Asheville (North Carolina) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Asheville (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB" title="Ашвилл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ашвилл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB_(%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="Ашвил (Северна Каролина) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ашвил (Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_Gogledd_Carolina" title="Asheville, Gogledd Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Asheville, Gogledd Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dagbanli</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_(Norda_Karolino)" title="Asheville (Norda Karolino) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Asheville (Norda Karolino)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_(Ipar_Carolina)" title="Asheville (Ipar Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Asheville (Ipar Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%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="اشویل، کارولینای شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اشویل، کارولینای شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_Carolina_Thuaidh" title="Asheville, Carolina Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Asheville, Carolina Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_Carolina_do_Norte" title="Asheville, Carolina do Norte – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Asheville, Carolina do Norte" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="أشويل (کلسيايي کارؤلینا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="أشويل (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target">گیلکی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EC%8A%88%EB%B9%8C" title="애슈빌 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애슈빌" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B7%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%AC" title="Աշվիլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աշվիլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="ऐशविल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऐशविल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB" title="Эшвилл – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Эшвилл" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C" title="אשוויל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אשוויל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Asheville, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_Kawolin_din%C3%B2" title="Asheville, Kawolin dinò – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Asheville, Kawolin dinò" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kreyòl ayisyen</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladin</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_(Carolina_Septentrionalis)" title="Asheville (Carolina Septentrionalis) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Asheville (Carolina Septentrionalis)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Asheville, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84,_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7" title="آشفيل, نورث كارولاينا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="آشفيل, نورث كارولاينا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Эшвилл (Кельмеширень Каролина) – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Эшвилл (Кельмеширень Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target">Мокшень</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB_(%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="アシュビル (ノースカロライナ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アシュビル (ノースカロライナ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Эшвилл (Къилбаседа Каролина) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Эшвилл (Къилбаседа Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Нохчийн</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_(Nord-Carolina)" title="Asheville (Nord-Carolina) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Asheville (Nord-Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_(Shimoliy_Karolina)" title="Asheville (Shimoliy Karolina) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Asheville (Shimoliy Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB" title="Ашвилл – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ашвилл" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Asheville, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ślůnski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB_(%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="Ешвил (Северна Каролина) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ешвил (Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Asheville, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%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="Эшвилл (Төньяк Каролина) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Эшвилл (Төньяк Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%88%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_(%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Ешвілл (Північна Кароліна) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ешвілл (Північна Кароліна)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ایشویل، شمالی کیرولائنا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ایشویل، شمالی کیرولائنا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville" title="Asheville – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Asheville" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target">Volapük</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a 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height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/USA_North_Carolina_relief_location_map.jpg/420px-USA_North_Carolina_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/USA_North_Carolina_relief_location_map.jpg/560px-USA_North_Carolina_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1774" data-file-height="1076" /></a><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.52%;left:20.947%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><img alt="Asheville" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" 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class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Asheville,_North_Carolina&params=35_35_44_N_82_33_07_W_region:US-NC_type:city">35°35′44″N 82°33′07″W / 35.59556°N 82.55194°W / 35.59556; -82.55194</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1797</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">Governor <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ashe_(North_Carolina_governor)" title="Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)">Samuel Ashe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Asheville City Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Esther_Manheimer" title="Esther Manheimer">Esther E. Manheimer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Council</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Members<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Sandra Kilgore (vice mayor)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">S. Antanette Mosley</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Kim Roney</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Sheneika Smith</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Sage Turner</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Maggie Ullman</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-2">[2]</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">45.86 sq mi (118.76 km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">45.47 sq mi (117.77 km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)  0.85%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,134 ft (650 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<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">94,589</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">95,056</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">11th</a> in North Carolina</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,080.20/sq mi (803.18/km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">285,776 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">141st</a>)<a href="#cite_note-urban_area-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,149.6/sq mi (443.9/km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-4">[4]</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">417,202 (US: <a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_statistical_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan statistical areas">131st</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ashevillan</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/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</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_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">28801–28806, 28810, 28813–28816</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_828" title="Area code 828">828</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">37-02140<a href="#cite_note-GR2-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1018864<a href="#cite_note-GR3-6">[6]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ashevillenc.gov/">ashevillenc.gov</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Asheville (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈæʃvɪl/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">ASH-vil</a>) is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe County, North Carolina</a>, United States.<a href="#cite_note-GR6-7">[7]</a> Located at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa</a> rivers, it is the most populous city in <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>, and the state's <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">11th-most-populous city</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the city's population was 94,589,<a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-8">[8]</a> up from 83,393 in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> It is the principal city in the three-county <a href="/wiki/Asheville_metropolitan_area" title="Asheville metropolitan area">Asheville metropolitan area</a>, which had an estimated population of 417,202 in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-2023OMB-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-4">[4]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Timeline of Asheville, North Carolina">Timeline of Asheville, North Carolina</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a>]</div> Before the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="European colonization of the Americas">European Colonists</a>, the land where Asheville now exists lay within the boundaries of the <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> Nation, which had homelands in modern <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">western North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, southeastern <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, and northeastern <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> A town at the site of the river confluence was recorded as Guaxule by Spanish explorer <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto" title="Hernando de Soto">Hernando de Soto</a> during his 1540 expedition through this area.<a href="#cite_note-History2006-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> His expedition comprised the first European visitors,<a href="#cite_note-History2006-12">[12]</a> who carried <a href="/wiki/Endemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic">endemic</a> Eurasian infectious diseases that killed much of the native population.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The Cherokee had traditionally used the area by the confluence for open hunting and meeting grounds. They called it Untokiasdiyi or Tokiyasdi (ᏙᎩᏯᏍᏗ in Cherokee), meaning "Where they race", until the middle of the 19th century.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Asheville-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> European Americans began to settle in the area of Asheville in 1784, after the United States gained independence in the American Revolutionary War. In that year, Colonel Samuel Davidson and his family settled in the <a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa Valley</a>, redeeming a soldier's <a href="/wiki/Land_grant" title="Land grant">land grant</a> from the state of North Carolina made in lieu of pay. Soon after building a log cabin at the bank of Christian Creek, Davidson was lured into the woods and killed by a band of Cherokee hunters resisting white encroachment. Davidson's wife, child, and female slave fled on foot overnight to <a href="/wiki/Old_Fort,_North_Carolina" title="Old Fort, North Carolina">Davidson's Fort</a> (named after Davidson's father General John Davidson) 16 miles away.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In response to the killing, Davidson's twin brother Major William Davidson and brother-in-law Colonel Daniel Smith formed an expedition to retrieve Samuel Davidson's body and avenge his murder. Months after the expedition, Major Davidson and other members of his extended family returned to the area and settled at the mouth of Bee Tree Creek.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Census">U.S. Census</a> of 1790 counted 1,000 residents of the area, excluding the Cherokee Native Americans as a separate nation. <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe County</a> was officially formed in 1792. In the 1800 US Census, some 107 settlers in the county were enslavers, owning a total of 300 slaves. Total county population was 5,812.<a href="#cite_note-whisnant-20">[20]</a> The county seat, named "Morristown" in 1793, was established on a plateau where two Indian trails crossed. In 1797, Morristown was incorporated and renamed "Asheville" after North Carolina Governor <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ashe_(North_Carolina_governor)" title="Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)">Samuel Ashe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> In the 1800s, James McDowell established land for burial of slaves belonging to his and the Smith families in Asheville. His son William Wallace McDowell continued this practice, setting aside about two acres of land for this purpose. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Civil War">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg/240px-Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg/360px-Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg/480px-Asheville-loehr-1854-nc1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="692" data-file-height="376" /></a><figcaption>Asheville, 1854</figcaption></figure> On the eve of the Civil War, James W. Patton, son of an Irish immigrant, was the largest enslaver in the county, and had built a luxurious mansion, known as The Henrietta, in Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-whisnant-20">[20]</a> Buncombe County had the largest number of prominent enslavers in <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>, many in the professional class based in Asheville, numbering a total of 293 countywide in 1863.<a href="#cite_note-whisnant-20">[20]</a> Asheville, with a population of about 2,500 by 1861, remained relatively untouched by battles of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>. The city contributed companies to the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate States Army</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>. For a time, an <a href="/wiki/Pattern_1853_Enfield" title="Pattern 1853 Enfield">Enfield rifle</a> manufacturing facility was located in the town. The war did not reach Asheville until early April 1865, when the "Battle of Asheville" was fought at the present-day site of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Asheville" title="University of North Carolina at Asheville">University of North Carolina at Asheville</a>. Union forces withdrew to <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, which they had occupied since 1862. They had encountered resistance in Asheville from a small group of Confederate senior and junior reserves, and recuperating Confederate soldiers in prepared trench lines across the Buncombe Turnpike. The Union force had been ordered to take Asheville only if they could accomplish it without significant losses.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> An engagement was fought later that month at Swannanoa Gap, as part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Stoneman%27s_1865_raid" title="Stoneman's 1865 raid">Stoneman's Raid</a> throughout western North Carolina, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, and Tennessee. Union forces retreated in the face of resistance from Brig. Gen. <a href="/wiki/James_Green_Martin" title="James Green Martin">James Green Martin</a>, commander of Confederate troops in western North Carolina. Later, Union forces returned to the area via Howard's Gap and <a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson County</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In late April 1865, North Carolina Union troops from the <a href="/wiki/3rd_North_Carolina_Mounted_Infantry" title="3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry">3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry</a>, under the overall command of Union Gen. <a href="/wiki/George_Stoneman" title="George Stoneman">George Stoneman</a>, captured Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> After a negotiated departure, the 2,700 troops left town, accompanied by "hundreds of freed slaves".<a href="#cite_note-whisnant-20">[20]</a> Later, the federal troops returned and plundered Asheville, burning a number of Confederate supporters' homes in Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> George Avery was among 40 enslaved people known to have traveled with the troops to Tennessee. There he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/US_Colored_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="US Colored Troops">U.S. Colored Troops</a>. He returned to Asheville after being discharged in 1866. After the war, he was hired by his former master William W. McDowell to manage the South Asheville Cemetery, a public place for black burials. This is the oldest and largest black public cemetery in the state. By 1943, when the last burial was conducted, it held remains of an estimated 2,000 people. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1880s">1880s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1880s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg/220px-View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg/330px-View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg/440px-View_of_Buck_Hotel_Asheville_North_Carolina_1888.jpg 2x" data-file-width="529" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Asheville, 1888</figcaption></figure> On October 3, 1880,<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina_Railroad" title="Western North Carolina Railroad">Western North Carolina Railroad</a> completed its line from <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a> to Asheville, the first rail line to reach the city. Almost immediately it was sold and resold to the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_and_Danville_Railroad" title="Richmond and Danville Railroad">Richmond and Danville Railroad Company</a>, becoming part of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Southern Railway (U.S.)">Southern Railway</a> in 1894.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> With the completion of the first railway, Asheville developed with steady growth as industrial plants increased in number and size, and new residents built homes.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> <a href="/wiki/Textile_mill" class="mw-redirect" title="Textile mill">Textile mills</a> were built to process cotton from the region, and other plants were set up to manufacture wood and <a href="/wiki/Mica" title="Mica">mica</a> products, foodstuffs, and other commodities.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> The 21-mile (34 km) distance between Hendersonville and Asheville of the former Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad was completed in 1886.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> By that point, the line was operated as part of the Richmond and Danville Railroad until 1894 and controlled by the Southern Railway afterward.<a href="#cite_note-vtechspeccoll-33">[33]</a> Asheville had the first electric street railway lines in the state of North Carolina, the first of which opened in 1889. These were replaced by buses in 1934.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1900s">1900s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1900s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg/220px-Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg/330px-Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg/440px-Asheville_S_RR_Depot_1916_flood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="691" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption>Depot Street in the Great Flood of 1916</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asheville_City_Hall,_Asheville,_NC_(46691736032).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Asheville_City_Hall%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691736032%29.jpg/220px-Asheville_City_Hall%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691736032%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Asheville_City_Hall%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691736032%29.jpg/330px-Asheville_City_Hall%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691736032%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Asheville_City_Hall%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691736032%29.jpg/440px-Asheville_City_Hall%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691736032%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_Hall" title="Asheville City Hall">Asheville City Hall</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Ellington" title="Douglas Ellington">Douglas Ellington</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> style of the 1920s</figcaption></figure> In 1900, Asheville was the third-largest city in the state, behind <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Asheville prospered in the decades of the 1910s and 1920s.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> During these years, <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_P._Hayes" title="Rutherford P. Hayes">Rutherford P. Hayes</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes</a>, bought land, and worked with the prominent African-American businessman <a href="/wiki/Edward_W._Pearson_Sr." title="Edward W. Pearson Sr.">Edward W. Pearson Sr.</a> to develop his land for residential housing known as the <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> Burton Street Community.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Hayes also worked to establish a sanitary district in West Asheville, which became an <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States" title="Local government in the United States">incorporated</a> town in 1913, and merged with Asheville in 1917.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Masonic_Temple" title="Asheville Masonic Temple">Asheville Masonic Temple</a> was constructed in 1913, under the direction of famed architect <a href="/wiki/Richard_Sharp_Smith" title="Richard Sharp Smith">Richard Sharp Smith</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemason</a>. It was the meeting place for local Masons through much of the 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> On July 15–16, 1916, the Asheville area was subject to severe flooding from the remnants of <a href="/wiki/1916_Charleston_hurricane" title="1916 Charleston hurricane">a tropical storm</a> which caused more than $3 million in damage. Areas flooded included part of the Biltmore Estate, and the company that ran it sold some of the property to lower their maintenance costs. This area was later developed as an independent jurisdiction known as <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Biltmore Forest">Biltmore Forest</a>, which is now one of the wealthiest in the country. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> hit Asheville quite hard. On November 20, 1930, eight local banks failed.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Only <a href="/wiki/Wachovia" title="Wachovia">Wachovia</a> remained open with infusions of cash from <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Because of the explosive growth of the previous decades, the per capita <a href="/wiki/Debt" title="Debt">debt</a> owed by the city (through <a href="/wiki/Municipal_bond" title="Municipal bond">municipal bonds</a>) was the highest in the nation.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> By 1929, both the city and Buncombe County had incurred over $56 million in bonded debt to pay for a wide range of municipal and infrastructure improvements, including City Hall, the water system, Beaucatcher Tunnel, and <a href="/wiki/Asheville_High_School" title="Asheville High School">Asheville High School</a>. Rather than default, the city paid those debts over a period of fifty years.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> From the start of the depression through the 1980s, economic growth in Asheville was slow. During this time of financial stagnation, most of the buildings in the downtown district remained unaltered. As a result, Asheville has one of the most impressive, comprehensive collections of <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> architecture in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-uncramseyabout-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral,_Asheville,_NC_(39780442823).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2839780442823%29.jpg/220px-Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2839780442823%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2839780442823%29.jpg/330px-Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2839780442823%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2839780442823%29.jpg/440px-Asheville_Masonic_Temple_Scottish_Rite_Cathedral%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2839780442823%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Asheville Masonic Temple Scottish Rite Cathedral</figcaption></figure> In 1959, the City Council purchased property partially located in neighboring Henderson County for the development of <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Regional_Airport" title="Asheville Regional Airport">Asheville Regional Airport</a>. The North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill to redraw the boundaries of Buncombe and Henderson counties to include the proposed airport property entirely in Buncombe, allowing Asheville to <a href="/wiki/Municipal_annexation_in_the_United_States" title="Municipal annexation in the United States">annex</a> the complete site.<a href="#cite_note-hb1283-47">[47]</a> The last passenger train to serve Asheville, a coach-only remnant of the Southern Railway's <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Special" title="Carolina Special">Carolina Special</a>, made its last run on December 5, 1968. From the 1950s to the 1970s, <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> displaced much of Asheville's African-American population.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Asheville's neighborhoods of Montford and Kenilworth, now mostly white, used to have a majority of black home owners.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Since the late 20th century, there has been an effort to maintain and preserve the South Asheville Cemetery, in the Kenilworth neighborhood. It is the largest public black cemetery in the state, holding about 2000 burials, dating from the early 1800s and slavery years, to 1943. Fewer than 100 of the graves are marked by tombstones. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s_to_present">2000s to present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s to present">edit</a>]</div> In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing" title="Centennial Olympic Park bombing">Centennial Olympic Park bomber</a> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Robert Rudolph">Eric Robert Rudolph</a> was transported to Asheville from <a href="/wiki/Murphy,_North_Carolina" title="Murphy, North Carolina">Murphy, North Carolina</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Arraignment" title="Arraignment">arraignment</a> in federal court.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> In September 2004, remnants of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Frances" title="Hurricane Frances">Hurricanes Frances</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan" title="Hurricane Ivan">Ivan</a> caused major flooding in Asheville, particularly at <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Village" title="Biltmore Village">Biltmore Village</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Zombie_Walk" title="Asheville Zombie Walk">Asheville Zombie Walk</a> was organized for the first time, starting a tradition that lasted until 2016.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> In July 2020, the Asheville City Council voted to provide <a href="/wiki/Reparations_for_slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Reparations for slavery in the United States">reparations</a> to Black residents for the city's "historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties". The resolution was unanimously passed, and Asheville committed to "make investments in areas where Black residents face disparities".<a href="#cite_note-Burgess-55">[55]</a> Also in 2020, efforts were made to remove or change several monuments in the city that celebrated the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a> or <a href="/wiki/Slave_ownership" class="mw-redirect" title="Slave ownership">slave owners</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Boyle-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> In June 2021, Asheville Mayor <a href="/wiki/Esther_Manheimer" title="Esther Manheimer">Esther Manheimer</a> was one of 11 U.S. mayors to form <a href="/wiki/Mayors_Organized_for_Reparations_and_Equity" title="Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity">Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity</a> (MORE), a coalition of municipal leaders dedicated to starting pilot reparations programs in their cities.<a href="#cite_note-NPR-58">[58]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricane_Helene">Hurricane Helene</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hurricane Helene">edit</a>]</div> 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 of the <a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad</a> and Swannanoa rivers, devastating Asheville and surrounding areas of <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>. The full extent of the damage was difficult to gauge in the immediate aftermath due to loss of critical infrastructure, including electrical, cellular telephone, and other communications services.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Early reports indicated hundreds of downed trees, damaged homes, and blocked local roads. The municipal water system was catastrophically damaged, leaving most of Asheville without running water.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Buildings and bridges were washed away and landslides cut off access to several major interstates including I-40 and I-26, leaving the area largely isolated from the outside.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</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="9" data-lat="35.595555555556" data-lon="-82.551944444444" data-overlays="["_66cc13a7ba580b863eec6d16461306f2360d295a"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/9/35.595555555556/-82.551944444444/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,35.595555555556,-82.551944444444,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Asheville%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258939814&groups=_66cc13a7ba580b863eec6d16461306f2360d295a" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,35.595555555556,-82.551944444444,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Asheville%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258939814&groups=_66cc13a7ba580b863eec6d16461306f2360d295a 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Asheville</div></div></div> Asheville is located in the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Swannanoa_River" title="Swannanoa River">Swannanoa River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad River</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 45.86 square miles (118.8 km2), of which 45.47 square miles (117.8 km2) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2) (0.85%) is water.<a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-2">[2]</a> Asheville is west of <a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a>, northwest of <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, and southwest of <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem" class="mw-redirect" title="Winston-Salem">Winston-Salem</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a>]</div> Asheville features a climate that borders between a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: Cfa) and an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha</a>: Do) with noticeably cooler temperatures than the rest of the Piedmont region of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeast</a> due to the higher elevation; it is part of USDA <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">Hardiness zone</a> 7a.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> The area's summers in particular, though warm, are not as hot as summers in cities farther east in the state, as the July daily average temperature is 73.8 °F (23.2 °C) and there is an average of only 9.4 afternoons with 90 °F (32.2 °C)+ highs annually;<a href="#cite_note-64">[a]</a> the last time a calendar year passed without a single 90 °F (32.2 °C) reading was as recently as 2009. Moreover, warm mornings where the low remains at or above 70 °F or 21.1 °C are much less common than 90 °F or 32.2 °C afternoons. Winters are cool, with a January daily average of 37.1 °F (2.8 °C) and highs remaining at or below freezing on 5.5 afternoons.<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a> Official record temperatures range from −16 °F (−26.7 °C) on <a href="/wiki/January_1985_Arctic_outbreak" class="mw-redirect" title="January 1985 Arctic outbreak">January 21, 1985</a> to 100 °F (37.8 °C) on August 21, 1983;<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> the record cold daily maximum is 4 °F or −15.6 °C on February 4, 1895, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 77 °F or 25 °C on July 17, 1887.<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a> Readings as low as 0 °F (−17.8 °C) or as high as 95 °F (35 °C) rarely occur, the last occurrences being <a href="/wiki/Early_2014_North_American_cold_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Early 2014 North American cold wave">January 7, 2014</a> and <a href="/wiki/Summer_2012_North_American_heat_wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer 2012 North American heat wave">July 1, 2012</a>, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a> The average window for freezing temperatures is October 17 to April 18, allowing a growing season of 181 days.<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a> Asheville is located in the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_temperate_rainforest" title="Appalachian temperate rainforest">Appalachian temperate rainforest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> is relatively well spread, though the summer months are slightly wetter, and averages 49.6 in (1,260 mm) annually, but has historically ranged from 22.79 in (579 mm) in 1925 to 79.48 in (2,019 mm) in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> Snowfall is sporadic, averaging 10.3 inches or 0.26 metres per winter season, but actual seasonal accumulation varies considerably from one winter to the next; accumulation has ranged from trace amounts in 2011–12 to 48.2 inches or 1.2 metres in 1968–69.<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a> Freezing rain often occurs, accompanied by significant disruption. Hail is not uncommon during the spring and summer, accompanied by intense severe thunderstorms but the number of days with thunderstorms varies dramatically from year to year ranging from as few as 15 days in 2008 to as many as 44 in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a> The month that usually experiences the most thunderstorms in Asheville is in July but number of days with thunderstorms in July has ranged from as many as 18 days in 2016 to as few as two days in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Regional_Airport" title="Asheville Regional Airport">Asheville Regional Airport</a>, North Carolina (1991–2020 normals,<a href="#cite_note-69">[b]</a> extremes 1876–present)<a href="#cite_note-70">[c]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80 (27) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80 (27) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87 (31) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90 (32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93 (34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98 (37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99 (37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100 (38) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95 (35) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91 (33) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83 (28) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81 (27) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">100 (38) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.0 (19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.3 (20.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.7 (24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5 (28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.2 (30.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.4 (31.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.0 (32.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.1 (32.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.9 (30.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.3 (27.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.8 (23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.9 (19.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">92.0 (33.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.9 (9.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9 (11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.8 (15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.4 (20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.3 (24.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5 (28.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.3 (29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.0 (28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.7 (25.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.6 (20.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5 (15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.5 (10.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68.2 (20.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.7 (3.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1 (5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.4 (9.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.0 (13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8 (18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8 (22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.1 (23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.0 (23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.3 (20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9 (14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.8 (8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.4 (5.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">57.3 (14.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6 (−1.9) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2 (−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0 (2.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.6 (7.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.2 (11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.1 (16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.9 (18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.0 (17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9 (14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.2 (7.9) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.1 (2.3) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3 (−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.3 (7.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 (−12.3) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5 (−9.2) </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3 (−6.5) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3 (−1.5) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7 (3.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.4 (9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.5 (13.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.5 (12.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2 (6.8) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0 (−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6 (−5.8) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3 (−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.6 (−13.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16 (−27) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9 (−23) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 (−17) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20 (−7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28 (−2) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35 (2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44 (7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42 (6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30 (−1) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20 (−7) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 (−17) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7 (−22) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−16 (−27) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.13 (105) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.46 (88) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.80 (97) </td> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.17 (106) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.13 (105) </td> <td style="background: #43FF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.79 (122) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.67 (119) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.04 (128) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.13 (105) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.37 (86) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.72 (94) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.18 (106) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.59 (1,260) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6 (9.1) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 (4.8) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 (4.8) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 (0.51) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 (0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 (0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 (0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 (0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 (0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 (0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 (0.51) </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5 (6.4) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.3 (26) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) </th> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.9 </td> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.1 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">130.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000E8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000F3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.4 </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000D1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000BE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000D2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000DC; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1 (−3.3) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1 (−2.7) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7 (1.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.7 (5.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9 (11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.0 (16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3 (18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.9 (18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4 (15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.8 (8.2) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6 (3.1) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4 (−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.7 (7.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.9 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">181.2 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">223.5 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">252.3 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">264.1 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">267.0 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">257.5 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.8 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">207.5 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">219.6 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178.8 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.2 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,622.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1964–1990, sun 1961–1990)<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-NCDC_txt_KAVL-71">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-WMO_1961–90_KAVL-72">[69]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>North – includes the neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Albemarle_Park" title="Albemarle Park">Albemarle Park</a>, Beaverdam, Chestnut Hills, Colonial Heights, <a href="/wiki/Five_Points,_Asheville" title="Five Points, Asheville">Five Points</a>, Grove Park, Hillcrest, Kimberly, Klondyke, Montford, and Norwood Park. <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill_Historic_District_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="Chestnut Hill Historic District (Asheville, North Carolina)">Chestnut Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grove_Park_Historic_District" title="Grove Park Historic District">Grove Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lakeview_Park_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakeview Park (North Carolina)">Lakeview Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montford_Area_Historic_District" title="Montford Area Historic District">Montford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Park_Historic_District_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="Norwood Park Historic District (Asheville, North Carolina)">Norwood Park</a> neighborhoods are listed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. Montford and Albemarle Park have been named local historic districts by the Asheville City Council.</li> <li>East – includes the neighborhoods of Kenilworth, Beverly Hills, Chunn's Cove, Haw Creek, <a href="/wiki/Oakley,_Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakley, Buncombe County, North Carolina">Oakley</a>, Oteen, Reynolds, Riceville, and Town Mountain.</li> <li>West – includes the neighborhoods of Camelot, Wilshire Park, Bear Creek, Deaverview Park, <a href="/wiki/Emma,_North_Carolina" title="Emma, North Carolina">Emma</a>, East-West Asheville, Hi-Alta Park, Lucerne Park, Malvern Hills, Sulphur Springs, Burton Street, Haywood Road, and Pisgah View.</li> <li>South – includes the neighborhoods of Ballantree, <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Village" title="Biltmore Village">Biltmore Village</a>, Biltmore Park, Oak Forest, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Pines,_North_Carolina" title="Royal Pines, North Carolina">Royal Pines</a>, Shiloh, and <a href="/wiki/Skyland,_North_Carolina" title="Skyland, North Carolina">Skyland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Village" title="Biltmore Village">Biltmore Village</a> has been named a local historic district by the Asheville City Council.<a href="#cite_note-73">[70]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Architecture">edit</a>]</div> Notable architecture in Asheville includes its <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> <a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_Hall" title="Asheville City Hall">Asheville City Hall</a>, and other unique buildings in the downtown area, such as the Battery Park Hotel, the original of which was 475 feet long with numerous <a href="/wiki/Dormers" class="mw-redirect" title="Dormers">dormers</a> and chimneys; the Neo-Gothic Jackson Building, the first skyscraper on Pack Square; <a href="/wiki/Arcade_Building_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcade Building (Asheville, North Carolina)">Grove Arcade</a>, one of America's first indoor shopping malls;<a href="#cite_note-74">[71]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Lawrence,_Asheville" title="Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville">Basilica of St. Lawrence</a>. The <a href="/wiki/S_%26_W_Cafeteria_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="S & W Cafeteria (Asheville, North Carolina)">S&W Cafeteria</a> Building is also a fine example of Art Deco architecture in Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-uncsandwcafe-75">[72]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Grove_Park_Inn" class="mw-redirect" title="Grove Park Inn">Grove Park Inn</a> is an important example of architecture and design of the <a href="/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement" title="Arts and Crafts movement">Arts and Crafts movement</a>. Asheville's recovery from the Depression was slow and arduous. Because of the financial stagnation, there was little new construction and much of the downtown district remained unaltered.<a href="#cite_note-76">[73]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Montford_Area_Historic_District" title="Montford Area Historic District">Montford Area Historic District</a> and other central areas are considered historic districts and include Victorian houses. <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Village" title="Biltmore Village">Biltmore Village</a>, located at the entrance to the famous estate, showcases unique architectural features. It was here that workers stayed during the construction of George Vanderbilt's estate.<a href="#cite_note-77">[74]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Institute_Building" title="Young Men's Institute Building">YMI Cultural Center</a>, founded in 1892 by George Vanderbilt in the heart of downtown, is one of the nation's oldest African-American cultural centers.<a href="#cite_note-78">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metropolitan/combined_statistical_area">Metropolitan/combined statistical area</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Metropolitan/combined statistical area">edit</a>]</div> Asheville is the largest city in the <a href="/wiki/Asheville_metropolitan_area" title="Asheville metropolitan area">Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Asheville-Marion-Brevard,_NC_CSA" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville-Marion-Brevard, NC CSA">Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC Combined Statistical Area</a>, which includes <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina" title="Transylvania County, North Carolina">Transylvania</a> counties, which had a combined population of 513,720 in 2023, as estimated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:02-80">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCBSA-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr 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>Note</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>38</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>502</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>1,400</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>2,616</td><td></td><td>86.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>10,235</td><td></td><td>291.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>14,694</td><td></td><td>43.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>18,762</td><td></td><td>27.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>28,504</td><td></td><td>51.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>50,193</td><td></td><td>76.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>51,310</td><td></td><td>2.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>53,000</td><td></td><td>3.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>60,192</td><td></td><td>13.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>57,929</td><td></td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>54,022</td><td></td><td>−6.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>61,607</td><td></td><td>14.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>68,889</td><td></td><td>11.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>83,393</td><td></td><td>21.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>94,589</td><td></td><td>13.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">95,056</td><td><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-8">[8]</a></td><td>0.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-81">[78]</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> Asheville first appeared in the 1800 U S. Census with "Ashville" as the spelling. Only 38 inhabitants were recorded.<a href="#cite_note-82">[79]</a> Asheville did not appear again until the 1850 U.S. Census with "Ashville" once again as the spelling. The population recorded was 502.<a href="#cite_note-83">[80]</a> Asheville did not report separately in 1860.<a href="#cite_note-84">[81]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png/250px-Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png/375px-Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png/500px-Asheville-Brevard_CSA.png 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption>Location of the Asheville-Brevard CSA and its components: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Brevard Micropolitan Statistical Area</div></figcaption></figure> Asheville is the larger principal city of the Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC <a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">Combined Statistical Area</a> that includes the <a href="/wiki/Asheville_metropolitan_area" title="Asheville metropolitan area">Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area</a> (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison counties) and the Brevard, NC <a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan Statistical Area</a> (Transylvania County),<a href="#cite_note-85">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[84]</a> which had a combined population of 469,015 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:02-80">[77]</a> Asheville's East End/Valley Street stands as the oldest and most culturally significant black community in the city.<a href="#cite_note-88">[85]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2020 census">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Asheville, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) </th> <th>Pop 2000<a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-89">[86]</a> </th> <th>Pop 2010<a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-90">[87]</a> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-91">[88]</a> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>52,340 </td> <td>63,508 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">70,252 </td> <td>75.98% </td> <td>76.16% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">74.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>12,054 </td> <td>11,024 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">9,752 </td> <td>17.50% </td> <td>13.22% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">10.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>227 </td> <td>217 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">200 </td> <td>0.33% </td> <td>0.26% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>630 </td> <td>1,130 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,504 </td> <td>0.91% </td> <td>1.36% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>39 </td> <td>123 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">255 </td> <td>0.06% </td> <td>0.15% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Some Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>108 </td> <td>160 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">654 </td> <td>0.16% </td> <td>0.19% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>902 </td> <td>1,776 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4,315 </td> <td>1.31% </td> <td>2.13% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>2,589 </td> <td>5,455 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7,657 </td> <td>3.76% </td> <td>6.54% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">8.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td>68,889 </td> <td>83,393 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">94,589 </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">100.00% </td></tr></tbody></table> As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 94,589 people, 40,340 households, and 18,902 families residing in the city. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2000 census">edit</a>]</div> At the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>,<a href="#cite_note-GR2-5">[5]</a> there were 68,889 people, 30,690 households and 16,726 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,683.4 inhabitants per square mile (650.0/km2). There were 33,567 housing units at an average density of 820.3 per square mile (316.7/km2). The racial composition of the city was: 77.95% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 17.61% <a href="/wiki/Black_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black (U.S. Census)">Black</a> or African American, 3.76% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Latino American</a>, 0.92% Asian American, 0.35% Native American, 0.06% <a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiian" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Hawaiian">Native Hawaiian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander American">Other Pacific Islander</a>, 1.53% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">some other race</a>, and 1.58% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">two or more races</a>. There were 30,690 households, of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.81. Age distribution was 19.6% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males. The <a href="/wiki/Median_household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Median household income">median household income</a> was $32,772, and the median family income was $44,029. Males had a median income of $30,463, and $23,488 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,024. About 13% of families and 19% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a>]</div> There are a number of <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> churches, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ" title="Church of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>, as well as a few non-Christian places of worship, such as Urban Dharma, a Tibetan Buddhist center of the <a href="/wiki/Drikung_Kagyu" title="Drikung Kagyu">Drikung Kagyu</a> school.<a href="#cite_note-92">[89]</a> Asheville is the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Western_North_Carolina" title="Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina">Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina</a>, which is seated at the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_All_Souls_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="Cathedral of All Souls (Asheville, North Carolina)">Cathedral of All Souls</a>. Asheville is an important city for North Carolinian Catholics, who make pilgrimages to the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Lawrence,_Asheville" title="Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville">Basilica of St. Lawrence</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[90]</a> There are several historical churches located throughout the city, including the <a href="/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="First Baptist Church (Asheville, North Carolina)">First Baptist Church of Asheville</a>. Asheville is also home to a number of <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humanist" class="mw-redirect" title="Humanist">humanist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ethical_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethical culture">ethical culture</a> organizations.<a href="#cite_note-94">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akzona-Biltmore_Building,_Asheville,_NC_(46691742152).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Akzona-Biltmore_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691742152%29.jpg/220px-Akzona-Biltmore_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691742152%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Akzona-Biltmore_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691742152%29.jpg/330px-Akzona-Biltmore_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691742152%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Akzona-Biltmore_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691742152%29.jpg/440px-Akzona-Biltmore_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2846691742152%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The Merrill Lynch building in downtown Asheville, designed by <a href="/wiki/I.M._Pei" class="mw-redirect" title="I.M. Pei">I.M. Pei</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jackson_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jackson_Building.jpg/220px-Jackson_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jackson_Building.jpg/330px-Jackson_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jackson_Building.jpg/440px-Jackson_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The Jackson Building, the first skyscraper in Asheville</figcaption></figure> Major corporations headquartered in the Asheville area include <a href="/wiki/HomeTrust_Bancshares" title="HomeTrust Bancshares">HomeTrust Bancshares</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ingles" title="Ingles">Ingles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earth_Fare" title="Earth Fare">Earth Fare</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Biltmore_Company" title="The Biltmore Company">The Biltmore Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moog_Music" title="Moog Music">Moog Music</a> and the eastern headquarters for <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_Brewing_Company" title="Sierra Nevada Brewing Company">Sierra Nevada Brewing Company</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Belgium_Brewing_Company" title="New Belgium Brewing Company">New Belgium Brewing Company</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_employers">Largest employers</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Largest employers">edit</a>]</div> According to the city's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<a href="#cite_note-95">[92]</a> the largest employers in the city are: <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th># of employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mission_Health_System" title="Mission Health System">Mission Health System</a> </td> <td>3,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County_Schools_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Buncombe County Schools System">Buncombe County Schools System</a> </td> <td>3,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ingles" title="Ingles">Ingles Markets, Inc.</a> </td> <td>3,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Biltmore_Company" title="The Biltmore Company">The Biltmore Company</a> </td> <td>2,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">State of North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe County</a> </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration" title="Veterans Health Administration">Asheville VA Medical Center</a> </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>City of Asheville </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a> </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville%E2%80%93Buncombe_Technical_Community_College" title="Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College">Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College</a> </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eaton_Corporation" title="Eaton Corporation">Eaton</a> </td> <td>1,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grove_Park_Inn" class="mw-redirect" title="Grove Park Inn">Grove Park Inn</a> </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_Schools" title="Asheville City Schools">Asheville City Schools</a> </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Community CarePartners </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BorgWarner" title="BorgWarner">BorgWarner</a> Turbo Systems </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thermo_Fisher_Scientific" title="Thermo Fisher Scientific">Thermo Fisher Scientific</a> </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arvato_Digital_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Arvato Digital Services">Arvato Digital Services</a> </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Employment Control </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volvo_Construction_Equipment" title="Volvo Construction Equipment">Volvo Construction Equipment</a> (now closed) </td> <td>500–999 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sustainability_and_environmental_initiatives">Sustainability and environmental initiatives</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sustainability and environmental initiatives">edit</a>]</div> The city of Asheville is home to a Duke Energy Progress coal power plant near Lake Julian. This power plant is designated as having Coal Combustion Residue Surface Impoundments with a High Hazard Potential by the EPA.<a href="#cite_note-96">[93]</a> In 2012 a <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a> study found high levels of arsenic and other toxins in North Carolina lakes and rivers downstream from the Asheville power plants coal ash ponds. Samples collected from coal ash waste flowing from the ponds at the Duke Energy Progress plant to the French Broad River in Buncombe County contained arsenic levels more than four times higher than the EPA drinking water standard, and levels of selenium 17 times higher than the agency's standard for aquatic life.<a href="#cite_note-97">[94]</a> In March 2013 the State of North Carolina sued Duke Energy Progress in order to address similar environmental compliance issues. In July 2013 Duke Energy Corp. and North Carolina environmental regulators proposed a settlement in the lawsuit that stated coal ash threatened Asheville's water supply. The settlement called for Duke to assess the sources and extent of contamination at the Riverbend power plant in Asheville. Duke was to be fined $99,100.<a href="#cite_note-98">[95]</a> However, following the <a href="/wiki/2014_Dan_River_coal_ash_spill" title="2014 Dan River coal ash spill">coal ash spill in Eden, North Carolina</a>, the North Carolina DENR cancelled all previous settlements with Duke Energy.<a href="#cite_note-99">[96]</a> The city of Asheville claims a clear focus on sustainability and the development of a <a href="/wiki/Green_economy" title="Green economy">green economy</a>. For Asheville, this goal is defined in their Sustainability Management Plan as: "Making decisions that balance the values of environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic vitality to meet our present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."<a href="#cite_note-ashevillenc.gov-100">[97]</a> As part of the Zero Waste AVL initiative, which began in 2012, each resident receives "Big Blue", a rolling cart in which they can put all of their materials unsorted. Residents can recycle a great variety of materials and "in this first year of the program 6.30% of waste was diverted from the landfill for recycling."<a href="#cite_note-101">[98]</a> The Asheville City Council's goal is to reduce the overall carbon footprint 80% by 2030. This means 4% or more reduction per year.<a href="#cite_note-102">[99]</a> In 2009 the reduction was made when the "City installed over 3,000 LED street lights, managed its water system under ISO 14001 standards for environmental management, improved the infrastructure and management of many of its buildings, and switched many employees to a 4-day work week (which saves emissions from commuting)."<a href="#cite_note-ashevillenc.gov-100">[97]</a> Asheville is recognized by the Green Restaurant Association as the first city in the U.S. to be a Green Dining Destination (significant density of green restaurants).<a href="#cite_note-Archived_copy-103">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Arts and culture">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:J._Rush_Oates_Plaza,_Asheville,_NC_IMG_5210.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/J._Rush_Oates_Plaza%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5210.JPG/220px-J._Rush_Oates_Plaza%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5210.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/J._Rush_Oates_Plaza%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5210.JPG/330px-J._Rush_Oates_Plaza%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5210.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/J._Rush_Oates_Plaza%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5210.JPG/440px-J._Rush_Oates_Plaza%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5210.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>J. Rush Oates Plaza</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fountain,_downtown_Asheville,_NC_IMG_5204.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Fountain%2C_downtown_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5204.JPG/220px-Fountain%2C_downtown_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5204.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Fountain%2C_downtown_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5204.JPG/330px-Fountain%2C_downtown_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5204.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Fountain%2C_downtown_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5204.JPG/440px-Fountain%2C_downtown_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5204.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Fountain in Pack Square</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Music">edit</a>]</div> Live music is a significant element in the tourism-based economy of Asheville and the surrounding area. Seasonal festivals and numerous nightclubs and performance venues offer opportunities for visitors and locals to attend a wide variety of live entertainment events.<a href="#cite_note-104">[101]</a> Asheville has a strong tradition of <a href="/wiki/Street_performance" title="Street performance">street performance</a> and outdoor music, including festivals, such as <a href="/wiki/Bele_Chere" title="Bele Chere">Bele Chere</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Avenue_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="Lexington Avenue (Asheville, North Carolina)">Lexington Avenue</a> Arts & Fun Festival (LAAFF). One event is "Shindig on the Green", which happens Saturday nights during July and August on City/County Plaza. By tradition, the Shindig starts "along about sundown" and features local bluegrass bands and dance teams on stage, and informal jam sessions under the trees surrounding the County Courthouse. The "Mountain Dance & Folk Festival" started in 1928 by <a href="/wiki/Bascom_Lamar_Lunsford" title="Bascom Lamar Lunsford">Bascom Lamar Lunsford</a> is said to be the first event ever labeled a "folk festival". Another popular outdoor music event is "Downtown After 5", a monthly concert series held from 5 pm until 9 pm that hosts popular touring musicians as well as local acts. A regular <a href="/wiki/Drum_circle" title="Drum circle">drum circle</a>, organized by residents in Pritchard Park, is open to all and has been a popular local activity every Friday evening. Asheville is also home of the <a href="/wiki/Moog_Music" title="Moog Music">Moog Music</a> Headquarters<a href="#cite_note-105">[102]</a> and the museum of the <a href="/wiki/Bob_Moog_Foundation" title="Bob Moog Foundation">Bob Moog Foundation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-106">[103]</a> Asheville plays host to <a href="/wiki/The_Warren_Haynes_Christmas_Jam" title="The Warren Haynes Christmas Jam">The Warren Haynes Christmas Jam</a>, an annual charity event which raises money for <a href="/wiki/Habitat_For_Humanity" class="mw-redirect" title="Habitat For Humanity">Habitat For Humanity</a>, and features notable musicians.<a href="#cite_note-107">[104]</a> DJ music, as well as a small, but active, dance community are also components of the downtown musical landscape. The town is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Asheville Symphony Orchestra">Asheville Symphony Orchestra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Lyric_Opera" title="Asheville Lyric Opera">Asheville Lyric Opera</a>, the Land of the Sky Symphonic Band, the Asheville Jazz Orchestra, the <a href="/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Brass_Band" title="Smoky Mountain Brass Band">Smoky Mountain Brass Band</a>, and the Asheville Community Band. There are a number of bluegrass, country, and traditional mountain musicians in the Asheville area. A residency at local music establishment the Orange Peel by the <a href="/wiki/Smashing_Pumpkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Smashing Pumpkins">Smashing Pumpkins</a> in 2007, along with the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a> in 2009, brought national attention to Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-108">[105]</a> The rock band <a href="/wiki/Band_of_Horses" title="Band of Horses">Band of Horses</a> have recorded two albums at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, as have the <a href="/wiki/The_Avett_Brothers" title="The Avett Brothers">Avett Brothers</a> (who have also traditionally played a New Year's Eve concert in Asheville). Christian vocal group <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsmen_Quartet" title="The Kingsmen Quartet">the Kingsmen</a> originated in Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-109">[106]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Performing arts">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg/220px-Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg/330px-Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg/440px-Girl-Rain-Spout.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Sculpture in Downtown Asheville of a girl drinking from a fountain shaped like a horse</figcaption></figure> The Asheville Community Theatre was founded in 1946, producing the first amateur production of the Appalachian drama <a href="/wiki/Dark_of_the_Moon_(play)" title="Dark of the Moon (play)">Dark of the Moon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[107]</a> Soon after, the young actors <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a> and wife <a href="/wiki/Lydia_Clarke" title="Lydia Clarke">Lydia Clarke</a> took over the small theatre.<a href="#cite_note-111">[108]</a> The current ACT building has two performance spaces – the Mainstage Auditorium (and named the Heston Auditorium), and the more intimate black box performance space 35below.<a href="#cite_note-112">[109]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Lyric_Opera" title="Asheville Lyric Opera">Asheville Lyric Opera</a> celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009 with a concert featuring <a href="/wiki/Angela_Brown" title="Angela Brown">Angela Brown</a>, David Malis, and <a href="/wiki/Tonio_Di_Paolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonio Di Paolo">Tonio Di Paolo</a>, veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Opera-113">[110]</a> The ALO has typically performed three fully staged professional operas for the community in addition to its vibrant educational program. The Fringe Arts Festival features alternative performances.<a href="#cite_note-AshevilleFringe-114">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_arts">Visual arts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Visual arts">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Gallery_Fine_Arts_Center" title="Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center">Flood Fine Arts Center</a>, a non-profit contemporary art institution formerly in the River Arts District and now in nearby Black Mountain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Art_Museum" title="Asheville Art Museum">Asheville Art Museum</a>, located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville, which reopened on November 14, 2019, after a $24 million renovation<a href="#cite_note-115">[112]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_College_Museum_%2B_Arts_Center" title="Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center">Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center</a>, located on Pack Square in downtown Asheville, which presents exhibitions, performances and other public programs related to the history and influence of <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain_College" title="Black Mountain College">Black Mountain College</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Southern_Highland_Craft_Guild" title="Southern Highland Craft Guild">Southern Highland Craft Guild</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Folk_Art_Center" title="Folk Art Center">Folk Art Center</a>, dedicated to Appalachian craft traditions<a href="#cite_note-116">[113]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Institute_Building" title="Young Men's Institute Building">YMI Cultural Center</a>, exhibiting art related to the heritage of African Americans in the area<a href="#cite_note-117">[114]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Film and television">edit</a>]</div> The Asheville Film Festival completed its sixth year, but the City of Asheville ceased to fund it, putting its future in doubt. The city is an annual participant in the 48-Hour Film Project.<a href="#cite_note-Asheville_Branch-118">[115]</a> The Twin Rivers Media Festival is an independent <a href="/wiki/Multi-media" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-media">multi-media</a> film festival held annually in downtown Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-Asheville_1-119">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-Appalachian_Getaways-120">[117]</a> The festival held its 20th annual event in May 2013.<a href="#cite_note-Citizen-Times-121">[118]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Wolfe_House,_Asheville,_NC_IMG_5170.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Thomas_Wolfe_House%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5170.JPG/220px-Thomas_Wolfe_House%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5170.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Thomas_Wolfe_House%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5170.JPG/330px-Thomas_Wolfe_House%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5170.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Thomas_Wolfe_House%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5170.JPG/440px-Thomas_Wolfe_House%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_IMG_5170.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe_House" title="Thomas Wolfe House">Thomas Wolfe House</a> in downtown Asheville</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg/220px-5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg/330px-5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg/440px-5-14-14_Biltmore_Estate_NHL-66000586.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1763" /></a><figcaption>The Biltmore House on <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Estate" title="Biltmore Estate">Biltmore Estate</a>, the largest private residence in the United States</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_BB%26T_Building,_Asheville,_NC_(45829077065).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Old_BB%26T_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845829077065%29.jpg/170px-Old_BB%26T_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845829077065%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Old_BB%26T_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845829077065%29.jpg/255px-Old_BB%26T_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845829077065%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Old_BB%26T_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845829077065%29.jpg/340px-Old_BB%26T_Building%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845829077065%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Arras" title="The Arras">The Arras</a>, formerly the BB&T Building</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_of_worship">Places of worship</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Places of worship">edit</a>]</div> Places of worship in Asheville include the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Lawrence,_Asheville" title="Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville">Basilica of St. Lawrence</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal</a> <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_All_Souls" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of All Souls">Cathedral of All Souls</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Luke%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Asheville, North Carolina)">St. Luke's Church</a>, and the Jewish <a href="/wiki/Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="Congregation Beth Israel (Asheville, North Carolina)">Congregation Beth Israel</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restaurants">Restaurants</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Restaurants">edit</a>]</div> Asheville was the first U.S. city recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Restaurant_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Restaurant Association">Green Restaurant Association</a> as a Green Dining Destination (significant density of green restaurants).<a href="#cite_note-Archived_copy-103">[100]</a> In 2022, two Asheville restaurants were given the <a href="/wiki/James_Beard_Foundation_Award" title="James Beard Foundation Award">James Beard Award</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chai_Pani" title="Chai Pani">Chai Pani</a> received Outstanding Restaurant and <a href="/wiki/C%C3%BArate_Bar_De_Tapas" class="mw-redirect" title="Cúrate Bar De Tapas">Cúrate</a> received the award for Outstanding Hospitality.<a href="#cite_note-122">[119]</a> Asheville is also home to Cantonese chef J Chong who was a finalist on the HBO cooking competition, <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Brunch" title="The Big Brunch">The Big Brunch</a>.<a href="#cite_note-123">[120]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Points of interest">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Arras" title="The Arras">The Arras</a>, tallest structure in Asheville</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Estate" title="Biltmore Estate">Biltmore Estate</a>, largest privately owned house in the United States, and listed as U.S. National Historic Landmark</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Parkway" title="Blue Ridge Parkway">Blue Ridge Parkway</a>, a national parkway noted for its scenic beauty, known as "America's Favorite Drive"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botanical_Gardens_at_Asheville" title="Botanical Gardens at Asheville">Botanical Gardens at Asheville</a>, non-profit botanical gardens initially designed by Doan Ogden</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demens-Rumbough-Crawley_House" title="Demens-Rumbough-Crawley House">Demens-Rumbough-Crawley House</a>, "Hanger Hall", built by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Demens" title="Peter Demens">Peter Demens</a>, listed on the National Register of Historic Places</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grove_Park_Inn" class="mw-redirect" title="Grove Park Inn">Grove Park Inn</a>, hotel listed on U.S. National Register of Historic Places</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Building_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" title="Jackson Building (Asheville, North Carolina)">Jackson Building</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscraper</a> in western North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCormick_Field" title="McCormick Field">McCormick Field</a>, one of the oldest minor-league stadiums still in regular use</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Arboretum" title="North Carolina Arboretum">North Carolina Arboretum</a>, arboretum and botanical garden located within the Bent Creek Experimental Forest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith-McDowell_House" title="Smith-McDowell House">Smith-McDowell House</a>, the city's first mansion and oldest surviving house, and the oldest brick structure in Buncombe County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe_House" title="Thomas Wolfe House">Thomas Wolfe House</a>, boyhood home of American author Thomas Wolfe, and a U.S. National Historic Landmark</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sports">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_teams">Current teams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Current teams">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>League </th> <th>Venue </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Tourists" title="Asheville Tourists">Asheville Tourists</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td align="center">1897 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McCormick_Field" title="McCormick Field">McCormick Field</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_SC" title="Asheville City SC">Asheville City SC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td align="center">2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Asheville)" title="Memorial Stadium (Asheville)">Memorial Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_SC" title="Asheville City SC">Asheville City SC</a> (Women's Team) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td align="center">2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">Women's Premier Soccer League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Asheville)" title="Memorial Stadium (Asheville)">Memorial Stadium</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_teams">Previous teams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Previous teams">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>League </th> <th>Venue </th> <th>Years in Asheville </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Smoke" title="Asheville Smoke">Asheville Smoke</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice Hockey">Ice Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center">1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Hockey_League" title="United Hockey League">United Hockey League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Cherokee_Center" title="Harrah's Cherokee Center">Asheville Civic Center</a> </td> <td align="center">1998-2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Aces" title="Asheville Aces">Asheville Aces</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice Hockey">Ice Hockey</a> </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Professional_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Professional Hockey League">Southern Professional Hockey League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Cherokee_Center" title="Harrah's Cherokee Center">Asheville Civic Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2004-2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asheville_Altitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville Altitude">Asheville Altitude</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League" title="NBA G League">National Basketball Developmental League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Cherokee_Center" title="Harrah's Cherokee Center">Asheville Civic Center</a> </td> <td align="center">2001-2005 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Other sports">edit</a>]</div> Area colleges and universities, such as the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Asheville" title="University of North Carolina at Asheville">University of North Carolina at Asheville</a>, compete in sports. UNCA's sports teams are known as the Bulldogs and play in the <a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South Conference</a>. The Fighting Owls of <a href="/wiki/Warren_Wilson_College" title="Warren Wilson College">Warren Wilson College</a> participate in mountain biking and <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate (sport)">ultimate sports</a> teams. The college is also home of the Hooter Dome, where the Owls play their home basketball games. The Blue Ridge Rollergirls, Asheville's first women's flat-track roller derby team, was established in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-124">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation">edit</a>]</div> Asheville is a major hub of whitewater recreation, particularly <a href="/wiki/Whitewater_kayaking" title="Whitewater kayaking">whitewater kayaking</a>, in the eastern US. Many kayak manufacturers have their bases of operation in the Asheville area.<a href="#cite_note-125">[122]</a> Some of the most distinguished whitewater kayakers live in or around Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-126">[123]</a> In its July/August 2006 journal, the group American Whitewater named Asheville one of the top five US whitewater cities.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-126">[123]</a> Asheville is also home to numerous <a href="/wiki/Disc_golf" title="Disc golf">disc golf</a> courses. Soccer is another popular recreational sport in Asheville. There are two youth soccer clubs in Asheville, Asheville Shield Football Club<a href="#cite_note-127">[124]</a> and HFC. The Asheville Hockey League provides opportunities for youth and adult inline hockey at an outdoor rink at Carrier Park. The rink is open to the public, and pick-up hockey is also available. The Asheville Civic Center has held recreational ice hockey leagues in the past. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Government">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Local government">edit</a>]</div> The City of Asheville operates under a <a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">council–manager government</a>, via its charter. A <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="List of mayors of Asheville, North Carolina">mayor</a> and a six-member city council are elected at-large for staggered four-year terms. The City Council appoints a city manager, a city attorney, and a city clerk.<a href="#cite_note-128">[125]</a> The City Council appoints a vice-mayor from among its members. In the absence or disability of the mayor, the vice-mayor performs the mayoral duties. City Council determines the needs to be addressed and the degree of service to be provided by the administrative branch of city government. In 2005 Mayor Charles Worley signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and in 2006 the City Council created the Sustainable Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment. In 2007 the Council became the first city on the East Coast to commit to building all municipal buildings to <a href="/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design">LEED</a> Gold Standards and to achieve 80 percent energy reduction of 2001 standards by 2040. Also in 2007 the Council signed an agreement with <a href="/wiki/Warren_Wilson_College" title="Warren Wilson College">Warren Wilson College</a> stating the intent of the city and college to work together toward climate partnership goals.<a href="#cite_note-129">[126]</a> Following President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s decision to remove the United States from the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a>, Mayor Esther Manheimer was one of the original 61 mayors to commit to uphold the agreement in the city.<a href="#cite_note-468_US_Climate_Mayors_commit_to_adopt,_honor_and_uphold_Paris_Climate_Agreement_goals-130">[127]</a> On July 14, 2020, the Asheville City Council voted unanimously to approve <a href="/wiki/Reparations_for_slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Reparations for slavery in the United States">reparations</a> to the city's Black citizens. The move came during the <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">2020 George Floyd protests</a>. The resolution called for increased investment in Black communities in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe County</a> Board of Commissioners soon followed the adoption of the measure.<a href="#cite_note-131">[128]</a> The protest also started a move to remove and replace the <a href="/wiki/Zebulon_Baird_Vance_Monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Zebulon Baird Vance Monument">Vance Monument</a> in the city, concluding in its removal in May 2021.<a href="#cite_note-:19-132">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="City_Council_members">City Council members</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: City Council members">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="List of mayors of Asheville, North Carolina">List of mayors of Asheville, North Carolina</a></div> <ul><li>Mayor: <a href="/wiki/Esther_Manheimer" title="Esther Manheimer">Esther E. Manheimer</a> (2013–present; councilor 2009–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li> <li>Vice mayor: Sandra Kilgore (2022–present; councilor 2020–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li> <li>Councilor: S. Antanette Mosley (2020–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li> <li>Councilor: Kim Roney (2020–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li> <li>Councilor: Sheneika Smith (2017–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li> <li>Councilor: Sage Turner (2020–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li> <li>Councilor: Maggie Ullman (2022–present)<a href="#cite_note-CityCouncil-1">[1]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Controversy">Controversy</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Controversy">edit</a>]</div> In 2009, a group of Asheville citizens challenged the legitimacy of <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Bothwell" title="Cecil Bothwell">Cecil Bothwell</a>'s election to the City Council,<a href="#cite_note-Schrader091209-133">[130]</a> citing the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_North_Carolina" title="Constitution of North Carolina">Constitution of North Carolina</a>, which does not permit <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheists</a> to hold public office.<a href="#cite_note-134">[131]</a> Bothwell has described himself as a "<a href="/wiki/Post-theism" title="Post-theism">post theist</a>" rather than an atheist,<a href="#cite_note-135">[132]</a> and is a member of a local <a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Unitarian Universalist">Unitarian Universalist</a> congregation. The opponents to his election never filed suit. In response to the charge, legal scholars explained that the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Torcaso_v._Watkins" title="Torcaso v. Watkins">Torcaso v. Watkins</a> that religious tests for political office are unconstitutional.<a href="#cite_note-136">[133]</a> Bothwell served his four-year council term and was re-elected in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-137">[134]</a> He was defeated in the primary when he ran for a third term in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-138">[135]</a> While the city council elections are non-partisan, party politics may enter into play, as Republican and Democratic party members back their registered members' candidacy. An effort by the council to return to partisan elections was defeated by voters in a referendum held in November 2007.<a href="#cite_note-139">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Law enforcement">edit</a>]</div> The Asheville Police Department (APD) was created in 1849. It has been accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Accreditation_for_Law_Enforcement_Agencies" title="Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies">Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies</a> since 1994.<a href="#cite_note-140">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_government">State government</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: State government">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a>, most of Asheville is in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_49th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 49th Senate district">49th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Julie_Mayfield" title="Julie Mayfield">Julie Mayfield</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Democratic_Party" title="North Carolina Democratic Party">D</a>), and a small portion of the eastern part of the city is in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_46th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 46th Senate district">46th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Warren_Daniel" title="Warren Daniel">Warren Daniel</a> (R). In the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a>, Asheville is split between the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_114th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 114th House district">114th</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_115th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 115th House district">115th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_116th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 116th House district">116th</a> districts, represented by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ager" title="Eric Ager">J. Eric Ager</a> (D), <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Prather" title="Lindsey Prather">Lindsey Prather</a> (D), and <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Rudow" title="Caleb Rudow">Caleb Rudow</a> (D), respectively.<a href="#cite_note-141">[138]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_government">Federal government</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Federal government">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 presidential election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> won the entirety of Buncombe County with 55% of the vote. Obama visited the city on a few occasions.<a href="#cite_note-142">[139]</a> In April 2010, he and his family vacationed in the city.<a href="#cite_note-143">[140]</a> In the United States presidential election of 2016, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> won 54% of the vote in Buncombe County and Donald Trump 40%, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. In 2020, Joe Biden won 59.74% of the vote in Buncombe County and Donald Trump 38.63%. Asheville is a college town that, similar to many other American college towns, has seen its partisan lean since 2000 shift from Republican leaning to solidly Democratic — where <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> won the county by 11 points in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won the county by 21 points in 2020 — a 32-point swing in two decades.<a href="#cite_note-144">[141]</a> North Carolina is represented in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> by <a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Thom Tillis</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Republican_Party" title="North Carolina Republican Party">R</a>–<a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Budd" title="Ted Budd">Ted Budd</a> (R–<a href="/wiki/Advance,_North_Carolina" title="Advance, North Carolina">Advance</a>). The city of Asheville 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 represented by <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Edwards" title="Chuck Edwards">Chuck Edwards</a> (R–<a href="/wiki/Flat_Rock,_Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina">Flat Rock</a>). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asheville_High_School,_Asheville,_NC_(45917754964).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Asheville_High_School%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845917754964%29.jpg/220px-Asheville_High_School%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845917754964%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Asheville_High_School%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845917754964%29.jpg/330px-Asheville_High_School%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845917754964%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Asheville_High_School%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845917754964%29.jpg/440px-Asheville_High_School%2C_Asheville%2C_NC_%2845917754964%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Asheville High School, designed by <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Ellington" title="Douglas Ellington">Douglas Ellington</a></figcaption></figure> Students (K–12) are assigned to one of two public school systems in the city of Asheville, Buncombe County Schools or Asheville City Schools, based on address. Public <a href="/wiki/Asheville_City_Schools" title="Asheville City Schools">Asheville City Schools</a> include <a href="/wiki/Asheville_High_School" title="Asheville High School">Asheville High School</a> (known as Lee H Edwards High School 1935–1969), School of Inquiry and Life Sciences at Asheville, Asheville Middle School, Claxton Elementary, Randolph Learning Center, Hall Fletcher Elementary, Isaac Dickson Elementary, Ira B. Jones Elementary, and Lucy Herring <a href="#cite_note-145">[142]</a> Elementary. The <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County_Schools_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Buncombe County Schools System">Buncombe County Schools System</a> operates high schools, middle schools and elementary schools both inside and outside the city of Asheville. <a href="/wiki/North_Buncombe_High_School" title="North Buncombe High School">North Buncombe High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/T._C._Roberson_High_School" title="T. C. Roberson High School">T. C. Roberson High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/A._C._Reynolds_High_School" title="A. C. Reynolds High School">A. C. Reynolds High School</a> are three Buncombe County schools located in Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-146">[143]</a> Asheville was formerly home to one of the few <a href="/wiki/Sudbury_school" title="Sudbury school">Sudbury schools</a> in the Southeast, Katuah Sudbury School. It is also home to several <a href="/wiki/Charter_school" title="Charter school">charter schools</a>, including Francine Delany New School for Children (one of the first charter schools in North Carolina), ArtSpace Charter School, Invest Collegiate Imagine, and Evergreen Community Charter School, an <a href="/wiki/Outward_Bound" title="Outward Bound">Outward Bound</a>-Expeditionary Learning School, recognized as one of the most environmentally conscious schools in the country.<a href="#cite_note-147">[144]</a> Two private residential high schools are located in the Asheville area: the all-male <a href="/wiki/Christ_School_(North_Carolina)" title="Christ School (North Carolina)">Christ School</a> (located in <a href="/wiki/Arden,_North_Carolina" title="Arden, North Carolina">Arden</a>) and the co-educational <a href="/wiki/Asheville_School" title="Asheville School">Asheville School</a>. Other private schools include <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Day_School" title="Carolina Day School">Carolina Day School</a>, Veritas Christian Academy, Asheville Catholic School,<a href="#cite_note-148">[145]</a> Canongate Catholic High School,<a href="#cite_note-149">[146]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Christian_Academy" title="Asheville Christian Academy">Asheville Christian Academy</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges">Colleges</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Colleges">edit</a>]</div> Asheville and its surrounding area have several institutions of higher education: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asheville%E2%80%93Buncombe_Technical_Community_College" title="Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College">Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir%E2%80%93Rhyne_University" title="Lenoir–Rhyne University">Lenoir–Rhyne University</a>, center for Graduate Studies of Asheville</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_College" title="South College">South College</a> (Asheville campus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Asheville" title="University of North Carolina at Asheville">University of North Carolina at Asheville</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_North_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in North Carolina">List of newspapers in North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of radio stations in North Carolina">List of radio stations in North Carolina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of television stations in North Carolina">List of television stations in North Carolina</a></div> Asheville is in the "Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson" television <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">DMA</a> and the "Asheville" radio <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_radio_markets" title="List of United States radio markets">ADI</a> for the city's <a href="/wiki/Template:Asheville_Radio" title="Template:Asheville Radio">radio stations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-150">[147]</a> The primary television station in Asheville is <a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS</a> Channel 13, an affiliate of <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> with <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> on its second digital subchannel. Studios for WLOS are in Biltmore Park and a transmitter for the station is on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pisgah_(mountain_in_North_Carolina)" title="Mount Pisgah (mountain in North Carolina)">Mount Pisgah</a> as of 2024. Other stations licensed to Asheville include <a href="/wiki/WUNF" class="mw-redirect" title="WUNF">WUNF</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a> (<a href="/wiki/UNC-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="UNC-TV">UNC-TV</a>) member station on Channel 33 and <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">CW</a> owned-and-operated station <a href="/wiki/WYCW" title="WYCW">WYCW</a> on Channel 62. Asheville is also served by the <a href="/wiki/Upstate_South_Carolina" title="Upstate South Carolina">Upstate South Carolina</a> stations of <a href="/wiki/WYFF" title="WYFF">WYFF</a> Channel 4 (<a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>), <a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-TV</a> Channel 7 (<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>), <a href="/wiki/WHNS-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WHNS-TV">WHNS-TV</a> Channel 21 (<a href="/wiki/Fox_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Television Network">FOX</a>), <a href="/wiki/WMYA" class="mw-redirect" title="WMYA">WMYA</a> Channel 40 (<a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>) and W41BQ Channel 41 (<a href="/wiki/3ABN" class="mw-redirect" title="3ABN">3ABN</a>). PBS member stations from the Upstate of South Carolina (via <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Educational_Television" title="South Carolina Educational Television">South Carolina Educational Television</a>) are generally not carried on cable systems in the North Carolina portion of the DMA, though are accessible via an HD antenna in some areas. The <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Citizen-Times" title="Asheville Citizen-Times">Asheville Citizen-Times</a> is Asheville's daily newspaper, which covers most of <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Xpress" title="Mountain Xpress">Mountain Xpress</a> is the largest weekly in the area, covering arts and politics in the region. The <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Daily_Planet" title="Asheville Daily Planet">Asheville Daily Planet</a> is a monthly paper. Asheville Watchdog is an online-only publication. The <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Beacon" title="Biltmore Beacon">Biltmore Beacon</a> is a weekly newspaper specifically written to be of interest to residents and businesses in the various Biltmore communities including <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Biltmore Forest">Biltmore Forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Biltmore Park">Biltmore Park</a>, Biltmore Lake, and <a href="/wiki/Biltmore_Village" title="Biltmore Village">Biltmore Village</a>. WCQS: <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Ridge Public Radio">Blue Ridge Public Radio</a> is Asheville's public radio station. It airs <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> news and other programs, classical and jazz music. WYQS (<a href="/wiki/BPR_News" class="mw-redirect" title="BPR News">BPR News</a>) is the sister station to WCQS, offering local news and NPR programming. Friends of Community Radio created <a href="/wiki/WSFM-LP" title="WSFM-LP">WSFM-LP</a>, a volunteer-based, grassroots community radio station. The station is licensed under the "Free Form" format. There are also a variety of broadcasts dedicated to poetry, interviews, selected topics, children's radio, and comedy. The staff have remote broadcast many local concerts including <a href="/wiki/Monotonix" title="Monotonix">Monotonix</a> from Israel, <a href="/wiki/JEFF_the_Brotherhood" title="JEFF the Brotherhood">JEFF the Brotherhood</a> from Nashville, <a href="/wiki/Screaming_Females" title="Screaming Females">Screaming Females</a> from New Jersey, and local acts. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Infrastructure">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Transportation">edit</a>]</div> Asheville is served by <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Regional_Airport" title="Asheville Regional Airport">Asheville Regional Airport</a> in the southernmost portion of the city,<a href="#cite_note-151">[148]</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 40 in North Carolina">Interstate 40</a> (east-west),<a href="#cite_note-:0-152">[149]</a>: I-40  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_240_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 240 (North Carolina)">Interstate 240</a> (north loop from I-40),<a href="#cite_note-153">[150]</a>: I-240  and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_26_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 26 in North Carolina">Interstate 26</a> (north-south).<a href="#cite_note-:0-152">[149]</a>: I-26  Additional major roadways providing access to Asheville include U.S. routes <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina">19</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 74 (North Carolina)">74</a>, and North Carolina state routes <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_191" title="North Carolina Highway 191">191</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_280" title="North Carolina Highway 280">280</a>.<a href="#cite_note-154">[151]</a> Passenger rail service is not available for the city. The city operates <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Rides_Transit" title="Asheville Rides Transit">Asheville Rides Transit</a> (ART), which consists of sixteen bus lines,<a href="#cite_note-155">[152]</a> providing service throughout the City of Asheville and to <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Black Mountain, North Carolina">Black Mountain, North Carolina</a>. A milestone was achieved in 2003, when Interstate 26 was extended nine miles 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>, completing a seven-year <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.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}</style>1⁄4-billion dollar construction project,<a href="#cite_note-156">[153]</a> part of a twenty-year <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">1⁄2-billion dollar construction project through the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a>. Work continues to improve Interstate 26 from Mars Hill to Interstate 40 by improving <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19" title="U.S. Route 19">U.S. Route 19</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_23" title="U.S. Route 23">U.S. Route 23</a> and the western part of Interstate 240. This construction will include a multimillion-dollar bridge to cross the <a href="/wiki/French_Broad_River" title="French Broad River">French Broad River</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[154]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a> passes through the city, but passenger service is no longer available in the area. The city was last served in 1975 by the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway (US)">Southern Railway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Special" class="mw-redirect" title="Asheville Special">Asheville Special</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>–<a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a>–Asheville, ended, 1970; Asheville–Salisbury, ended, 1975). Before that, it was served by the Southern's <a href="/wiki/Skyland_Special" title="Skyland Special">Skyland Special</a> (Asheville-<a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Jacksonville" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville">Jacksonville</a>, ended, 1959) and <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Special" title="Carolina Special">Carolina Special</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>-Goldsboro and Charleston branches, ended, 1968). In 1968, passenger service shifted from Asheville's station to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_Passenger_Depot_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Asheville, North Carolina)">Biltmore station</a>. The Asheville station, built in 1905, was demolished.<a href="#cite_note-158">[155]</a> The <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Department_of_Transportation" title="North Carolina Department of Transportation">North Carolina Department of Transportation</a> has proposed the <a href="/wiki/NC_By_Train#Salisbury_–_Asheville" title="NC By Train">restoration of train service</a> between Asheville and <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a>, as has <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>.<a href="#cite_note-159">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[157]</a> In 2020, the city received a US$1 million grant from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Transit_Administration" title="Federal Transit Administration">Federal Transit Administration</a> to be used primarily on the ART bus transit system.<a href="#cite_note-161">[158]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_services_and_utilities">Public services and utilities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Public services and utilities">edit</a>]</div> The residents of Asheville are served by the Buncombe County Public Libraries, consisting of 11 branches located throughout the county; the headquarters and central library, <a href="/wiki/Pack_Memorial_Library" title="Pack Memorial Library">Pack Memorial Library</a>, is located in downtown Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-162">[159]</a> The system includes a law library in the <a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County_Courthouse" title="Buncombe County Courthouse">Buncombe County Courthouse</a> and a genealogy and local history department located in the central library. Drinking water in Asheville is provided by the Asheville water department. The water system consists of three water treatment plants, more than 1,600 miles (2,600 km) of water lines, 30 pumping stations and 27 storage reservoirs.<a href="#cite_note-163">[160]</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanitary_sewer" title="Sanitary sewer">Sewer</a> services are provided by the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County, power provided by <a href="/wiki/Duke_Energy" title="Duke Energy">Duke Energy</a>, and natural gas is provided by <a href="/wiki/PSNC_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="PSNC Energy">PSNC Energy</a>. Asheville offers public transit through the ART (<a href="/wiki/Asheville_Rides_Transit" title="Asheville Rides Transit">Asheville Rides Transit</a>) bus service that operates across the city and to the town of <a href="/wiki/Black_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Black Mountain, North Carolina">Black Mountain</a>. Routes originate from a central station located at 49 Coxe Avenue.<a href="#cite_note-164">[161]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Sister cities">edit</a>]</div> Asheville's <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister cities</a> are:<a href="#cite_note-165">[162]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Birnam,_Perth_and_Kinross" title="Birnam, Perth and Kinross">Birnam</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Dunkeld" title="Dunkeld">Dunkeld</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Karpenisi" title="Karpenisi">Karpenisi</a>, Greece</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Osogbo" title="Osogbo">Osogbo</a>, Nigeria</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a> <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_las_Casas" title="San Cristóbal de las Casas">San Cristóbal de las Casas</a>, Mexico</li> <li><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" 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Asheville">List of University of North Carolina at Asheville notable people</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: In popular culture">edit</a>]</div> Author <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe" title="Thomas Wolfe">Thomas Wolfe</a> (d. 1938) was born and grew up here, writing about the city; he and <a href="/wiki/O._Henry" title="O. Henry">O. Henry</a> (d.1910) are buried in <a href="/wiki/Riverside_Cemetery_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverside Cemetery (Asheville, North Carolina)">Riverside Cemetery</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[163]</a> Other authors with Asheville ties include <a href="/wiki/Charles_Frazier" title="Charles Frazier">Charles Frazier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cold_Mountain_(novel)" title="Cold Mountain (novel)">Cold Mountain</a>), Chicago poet <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a> (d.1967 in his home in Flat Rock),<a href="#cite_note-167">[164]</a> and <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> (who wrote while staying at the Grove Park Inn). <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe" title="Thomas Wolfe">Thomas Wolfe</a>'s debut novel <a href="/wiki/Look_Homeward,_Angel" title="Look Homeward, Angel">Look Homeward, Angel</a> (1929) is set largely in Asheville and features a protagonist recognizably similar to the author; the town is named Altamont in the book. The 2008 film <a href="/wiki/Anywhere,_U.S.A." title="Anywhere, U.S.A.">Anywhere, U.S.A.</a> was locally produced,<a href="#cite_note-Anywhere_USA-168">[165]</a> and won a Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Independence at the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a>. The character Harrison Shepherd, the narrator and protagonist of <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kingsolver" title="Barbara Kingsolver">Barbara Kingsolver</a>'s 2009 novel <a href="/wiki/The_Lacuna" title="The Lacuna">The Lacuna</a>, lived in Asheville.<a href="#cite_note-169">[166]</a> Asheville is featured as a location in the 2009 novel <a href="/wiki/One_Second_After" title="One Second After">One Second After</a> by <a href="/wiki/William_R._Forstchen" title="William R. Forstchen">William R. Forstchen</a> (an area resident).<a href="#cite_note-170">[167]</a> The 2012 film <a href="/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_(film)" title="The Hunger Games (film)">The Hunger Games</a> was filmed near Asheville,<a href="#cite_note-171">[168]</a> as was the 2017 film <a href="/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri" title="Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri">Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri</a>. The North Carolina tourism board has developed a guide for visitors interested in sites used in the film.<a href="#cite_note-172">[169]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">List of municipalities in North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Stampede" title="Sunset Stampede">Sunset Stampede</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-64"><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a> The record number of annual 90 °F or 32.2 °C readings is 32 in 1952, which would be lower than average in most cities in the southeast U.S.<a href="#cite_note-NWS_Greenville-Spartanburg,_SC_(GSP)-63">[63]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a> Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020. </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a> Official precipitation records for Asheville were kept at Aston Park from March 1869 to July 1876, various locations in the city from August 1876 to August 1964, and at Asheville Regional Airport since September 1964. Snow and temperature records began December 18, 1869 and November 1, 1876, respectively. 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Retrieved February 23, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=VisitNC.com&rft.atitle=Explore+Authentic+Locations+From+%27Three+Billboards+Outside+Ebbing%2C...&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.visitnc.com%2Ftrip-idea%2Fexplore-authentic-locations-from-three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAsheville%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Chase, Nan K. Asheville, a history (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. 2007).</li> <li>Epstein, Seth. "Urban Governance and Tolerance: The Regulation of Suspect Spaces and the Burden of Surveillance in Post–World War I Asheville, North Carolina". Journal of Urban History 43.5 (2017): 683–702. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/146662/Epstein_umn_0130E_13497.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">online</a></li> <li>Martin, C. Brenden. Tourism in the mountain south: A double-edged sword (Univ. of Tennessee Press, 2007).</li> <li>Starnes, Richard D. "'A Conspicuous Example of What is Termed the New South': Tourism and Urban Development in Asheville, North Carolina, 1880–1925". North Carolina Historical Review 80.1 (2003): 52–80. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23522584">online</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Asheville,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=H0Y9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA151">"Buncombe County"</a>. 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href="/wiki/Index_of_North_Carolina%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of North Carolina–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_North_Carolina" title="Climate of North Carolina">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_North_Carolina" title="Geography of North Carolina">Geography</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_North_Carolina" title="Category:Lakes of North Carolina">lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Reservoirs_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Reservoirs in North Carolina">reserviors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_North_Carolina" title="List of rivers of North Carolina">rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks" title="List of North Carolina state parks">state parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_North_Carolina" title="Wildlife of North Carolina">wildlife</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina" title="History of North Carolina">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">colonial era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina#American_Revolution" title="History of North Carolina">American Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_War_of_1812" title="North Carolina in the War of 1812">War of 1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="North Carolina in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Mass media in North Carolina">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_North_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in North Carolina">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of radio stations in North Carolina">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of television stations in North Carolina">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_North_Carolina" title="List of people from North Carolina">North Carolinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_North_Carolina" title="Politics of North Carolina">Politics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_North_Carolina" title="Government of North Carolina">government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_North_Carolina" title="Law of North Carolina">law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_symbols" title="List of North Carolina state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Tourist attractions in North Carolina">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</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/Abortion_in_North_Carolina" title="Abortion in North Carolina">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_North_Carolina" title="Culture of North Carolina">Culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Carolina" title="Music of North Carolina">music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_North_Carolina" title="Sports in North Carolina">sports</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_North_Carolina" title="Climate change in North Carolina">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_North_Carolina" title="Crime in North Carolina">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Carolina" title="Demographics of North Carolina">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_North_Carolina" title="Economy of North Carolina">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina#Education" title="North Carolina">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Carolina" title="Elections in North Carolina">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_North_Carolina" title="Gambling in North Carolina">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Carolina" title="Gun laws in North Carolina">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in North Carolina">LGBT rights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#North_Carolina" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</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/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#Foothills" title="Western North Carolina">Foothills</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">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 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Virginia">Alexandria, VA</a> (1963, 1984, 1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown, PA</a> (1962, 1974, 1975)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Asheville, NC</a> (1951, 1969, 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Indiana" title="Bloomington, Indiana">Bloomington, IN</a> (1958, 1981, 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, MA</a> (1949, 1951, 1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, OH</a> (1949, 1950, 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, OH</a> (1951, 1978, 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delray_Beach,_Florida" title="Delray Beach, Florida">Delray Beach, FL</a> (1993, 2001, 2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburg,_Texas" title="Edinburg, Texas">Edinburg, TX</a> (1968, 1995, 2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, TX</a> (1964, 1993, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia, NC</a> (1963, 2000, 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids, MI</a> (1949, 1960, 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory, NC</a> (1967, 1987, 2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, MO</a> (1961, 1982, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg, NC</a> (1956, 1967, 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant, SC</a> (2010, 2018, 2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, VA</a> (1959, 2013, 2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> (1981, 1998, 2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seward,_Alaska" title="Seward, Alaska">Seward, AK</a> (1963, 1965, 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