Buncombe County

Region: Mountain
County Seat: Asheville
Population: 206,330¹
Towns & Cities: Alexander, Arden, Barnardsville, Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain, Candler, Enka, Fairview, Leicester, Montreat, Ridgecrest, Skyland, Swannanoa, Weaverville

Buncombe County was devided from Burke and Rutherford counties in 1791. It is in the western section of the State and is bounded by McDowell, Henderson, Haywood, Madison, and Yancey counties. ²

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¹ Population figures from Census Bureau Home Page for the 2000 Census.
² Facts gathered from State Library of North Carolina.

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North Carolinians are nicknamed the "Tar Heels".

It not exactly evident where this nickname originated, but it seems to have given birth during the Civil War. North Carolina's troops were said to have tar on their heels, because they would not run in battle even as other states retreated.