Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina and the state's 11th-most populous city with a population of 94,589 at the 2020 census. The four-county Asheville metropolitan area has an estimated 422,000 residents.
Southeast
Asheville
Buncombe County, NC
Population
93,695
Walk Score
92 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,250
Median home value
$376,800
[[Municipal corporation
1797
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Asheville High School · listed 1996
- Asheville School · listed 1996
- Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station · listed 1993
- Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station (Boundary Decrease) · listed 1996
- Biltmore Estate · listed 1966
- Biltmore Village Cottage District · listed 1979
- Chestnut Hill Historic District · listed 1983
- Clingman Avenue Historic District · listed 2004
- Downtown Asheville Historic District · listed 1979
- Downtown Asheville Historic District (Boundary Increase II) · listed 1990
- Downtown Asheville Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1989
- Eliada Home · listed 1993
- Grove Park Historic District · listed 1989
- Grove Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1990
- Manor and Cottages · listed 1978
- Montford Area Historic District · listed 1977
- Municipal Golf Course · listed 2005
- Norwood Park Historic District · listed 2008
- Proximity Park Historic District · listed 2008
- Riverside Industrial Historic District · listed 2004
- South Asheville Cemetery and St. John ‘A’ Baptist Church · listed 2021
- Sunset Terrace Historic District · listed 2005
- West Asheville End of Car Line Historic District · listed 2006
- West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District · listed 2006
- West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2014
- West End Historic District
Notable landmarks
- 9 West Street Extension
- Alexander, Mrs. Minnie, Cottage · listed 1989
- All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish House · listed 1979
- Arcade Building · listed 1976
- Asheville ABC Board-ABC Store
- Asheville City Hall · listed 1976
- Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building · listed 1979
- Asheville Wrecker Service
- B & B Motor Company Building · listed 1979
- Barker, Clarence, Memorial Hospital · listed 1979
- Battery Park Hotel · listed 1977
- Biltmore Estate Office · listed 1979
- Biltmore Hardware Building · listed 2003
- Biltmore Hospital · listed 2005
- Biltmore Industries, Inc. · listed 1980
- Biltmore Shoe Store · listed 1979
- Biltmore Village Commercial Buildings · listed 1979
- Biltmore Village Cottages · listed 1979
- Biltmore-Oteen Bank Building · listed 1979
- Bledsoe Building · listed 2003
- Blue Ridge Food Mart
- Blue Ridge News Co.
- Bob Lawrence Power Equipment
- Breese, William E., Sr., House · listed 1980
- Broadway Gospel Mission Church
- …and 90 more
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