Buncombe County, North Carolina

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county of North Carolina

Buncombe County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in western North Carolina best known as home to the city of Asheville and the historic Biltmore Estate.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Buncombe County	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county of North Carolina ⓘ
borderedBy	Haywood County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Henderson County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Madison County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ McDowell County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutherford County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Transylvania County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Yancey County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Arden, North Carolina ⓘ Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ Biltmore Estate ⓘ Biltmore Forest, North Carolina ⓘ Black Mountain, North Carolina ⓘ Candler, North Carolina ⓘ Enka-Candler, North Carolina ⓘ Fairview, North Carolina ⓘ Leicester, North Carolina ⓘ Montreat, North Carolina, United States ⓘ surface form: Montreat, North Carolina Woodfin, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Skyland, North Carolina Swannanoa, North Carolina ⓘ Weaverville, North Carolina ⓘ Woodfin, North Carolina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
elevationFeature	mountainous terrain ⓘ
foundedFrom	Burke County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Rutherford County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, North Carolina, United States ⓘ surface form: Washington District, North Carolina
foundedIn	1791 ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Basilica of Saint Lawrence ⓘ Biltmore Estate ⓘ Thomas Wolfe House ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	French Broad River ⓘ Swannanoa River ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.buncombecounty.org/ ⓘ
knownFor	arts and culture centered in Asheville ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
largestCity	Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter	Edward Buncombe ⓘ
namedForOccupationOfEponym	Revolutionary War colonel ⓘ
partOf	Asheville metropolitan area ⓘ
region	western North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Western North Carolina
state	North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asheville, North Carolina → county → Buncombe County, North Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buncombe County

Biltmore Estate → locatedIn → Buncombe County, North Carolina ⓘ

Biltmore Village buildings near Biltmore Estate → region → Buncombe County, North Carolina ⓘ