Asheville, North Carolina

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Asheville is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Morganton. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the east of Asheville and has a population of 17,310 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Black Mountain	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	7,877	4.87% increase
	Brevard	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	6,716	1.08% decrease
	Fletcher	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	4,714	12.64% increase
	Forest City	SE	41 mi [66 km]	7,172	4.99% decrease
	Hendersonville	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	12,005	15.21% increase
	Marion	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	5,144	4.07% increase
	Mills River	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Rutherfordton	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	4,040	2.2% decrease
	Waynesville	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	9,877	6.99% increase
	Greer (SC)	SE	47 mi [75.6 km]	24,557	45.8% increase
	Travelers Rest (SC)	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	4,523	10.34% increase
	Erwin (TN)	N	40 mi [64.4 km]	5,802	3.42% increase
	Greeneville (TN)	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	15,440	1.59% increase
	Jonesborough (TN)	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	5,221	25.26% increase
	Newport (TN)	NW	44 mi [70.8 km]	7,515	3.77% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avery Creek	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Balfour	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Bent Creek	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Biltmore Forest	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	1,559	8.26% increase
	Canton	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	3,867	4.02% decrease
	Enka Village	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Fairview	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Montreat	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	696	10.48% increase
	Mountain Home	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Redwood Village	E	Less than 2 mi	---
	Royal Pines	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Sayles Village	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Swannanoa	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Weaverville	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	3,084	27.65% increase
	Woodfin	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	5,731	81.25% increase

Buncombe County

Asheville is located in Buncombe County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buncombe: Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Transylvania and Yancey.

While not sharing a border with Buncombe, the following counties are close to Asheville: Polk, Unicoi (TN) and Greenville (SC).

Below are counties that are near Asheville (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Asheville:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Asheville
	Burke County	E	Longtown	38 miles [61 km]
	Haywood County	W	Gibsontown	15 miles [24 km]
	Henderson County	S	Midway	9 miles [14 km]
	Jackson County	W	Balsam	31 miles [49 km]
	Madison County	N	Sexton	15 miles [24 km]
	McDowell County	E	Coleman	17 miles [27 km]
	Mitchell County	NE	Strawberry Ridge	30 miles [48 km]
	Polk County	SE	Mount Valley	24 miles [38 km]
	Rutherford County	SE	Village of Chimney Rock Village	18 miles [28 km]
	Transylvania County	S	Turkey Pen Gap	17 miles [27 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Asheville. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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