Black Mountain, North Carolina Black Mountain, North Carolina A view down State Street in downtown Black Mountain A view down State Street in downtown Black Mountain Location in Buncombe County and the state of North Carolina Location in Buncombe County and the state of North Carolina State North Carolina Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
The town is titled for the old train stop at the Black Mountain Depot and is positioned at the southern end of the Black Mountain range of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Southern Appalachians.
Black Mountain in its present form was incorporated in 1893.
The Black Mountain College Historic District, Black Mountain Downtown Historic District, Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District, Dougherty Heights Historic District, Rafael Guastavino, Sr., Estate, Intheoaks, Monte Vista Hotel, South Montreat Road Historic District, and Thomas Chapel A.M.E.
The town is near a several Christian retreat areas including Ridgecrest and Montreat Conference Center. Black Mountain College was formerly positioned inside the town limits, but the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, dedicated to the experimental educational institution's history, is now positioned in downtown Asheville. Black Mountain is also the site of the Swannanoa Valley Museum. The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is positioned down the street from the exhibition.
In 2002 the improve raised 1.2 million dollars to buy the old Town Hall and convert it into the Art Center. Black Mountain News is a weekly journal covering Black Mountain and the Swannanoa Valley area.
Black Mountain is positioned in easterly Buncombe County at 35 37 9 N 82 19 32 W (35.619208, -82.325434). The town of Montreat borders Black Mountain to the north, and the unincorporated improve of Swannanoa is on the west border.
Route 70 (State Street) is the chief road through the center of town.
The Swannanoa River flows from east to west through the town, rising just 3 miles (5 km) to the east at Swannanoa Gap on the crest of the Appalachians.
The Swannanoa River flows west to the French Broad River, part of the Tennessee River watershed that ultimately flows to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River, while Swannanoa Creek east of the gap is part of the Catawba River-Santee River system, reaching the Atlantic Ocean north of Charleston, South Carolina.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town of Black Mountain has a total region of 6.7 square miles (17.4 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.23%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,511 citizens , 3,340 homeholds, and 2,027 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $35,541, and the median income for a family was $43,373.
Black Mountain features in the 1994 Patricia Cornwell novel The Body Farm.
Black Mountain is featured in the 2009 novel One Second After and 2015 sequel One Year After by William R.
Black Mountain also figures in The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks, a book that mentions the former college and visual arts community.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (formerly the North Carolina Department of Corrections) operates the Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women.
It opened on July 7, 2008, taking women previously at the Black Mountain Correctional Center for Women. Black Mountain College Montreat College (Black Mountain) a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Black Mountain town, North Carolina".
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"National Register of Historic Places Listings".
"Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville, NC".
"BLACK MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS - (828) 669-0930".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women." "Street Address 55 Lake Eden Road Black Mountain, N.C.
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