Woolsey, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Asheville. It lies just south of Woolsey and has a population of 68,889 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Johnson City (TN). It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the north of Woolsey and has a population of 55,469 people.

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	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	6,716	1.08% decrease
	Fletcher	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	4,714	12.64% increase
	Forest City	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	7,172	4.99% decrease
	Hendersonville	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	12,005	15.21% increase
	Marion	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	5,144	4.07% increase
	Mills River	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Morganton	E	48 mi [77.2 km]	17,194	0.67% decrease
	Rutherfordton	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	4,040	2.2% decrease
	Waynesville	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	9,877	6.99% increase
	Greer (SC)	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	24,557	45.8% increase
	Erwin (TN)	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	5,802	3.42% increase
	Greeneville (TN)	N	40 mi [64.4 km]	15,440	1.59% increase
	Jonesborough (TN)	N	46 mi [74 km]	5,221	25.26% increase
	Newport (TN)	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	7,515	3.77% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Avery Creek	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Bent Creek	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Biltmore Forest	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,559	8.26% increase
	Canton	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	3,867	4.02% decrease
	Enka Village	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Fairview	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Mars Hill	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,772	0.45% increase
	Marshall	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	832	0.95% decrease
	Montreat	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	696	10.48% increase
	Redwood Village	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Royal Pines	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Sayles Village	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Swannanoa	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Weaverville	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	3,084	27.65% increase
	Woodfin	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	5,731	81.25% increase

Buncombe County

Woolsey is located in Buncombe County.

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 Woolsey: Unicoi (TN), Polk and Cocke (TN).

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Woolsey
	Avery County	NE	Ingalls	38 miles [61 km]
	Burke County	E	Longtown	38 miles [61 km]
	Haywood County	W	Canton	16 miles [25 km]
	Henderson County	S	Midway	12 miles [19 km]
	Jackson County	SW	Balsam	32 miles [51 km]
	Madison County	N	Sexton	12 miles [19 km]
	McDowell County	E	Coleman	17 miles [27 km]
	Mitchell County	NE	Strawberry Ridge	29 miles [46 km]
	Polk County	SE	Sunny View	26 miles [41 km]
	Rutherford County	SE	Village of Chimney Rock Village	20 miles [32 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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