Leicester, North Carolina Leicester (\ les-t r\) is an unincorporated improve in Buncombe County, North Carolina (USA); although incorporating was proposed in 2007, the proposal never passed.
Leicester is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Frontiersman Leicester Chapman purchased a tract of territory in the region from the town/city of Asheville, becoming the Postmaster in 1852.
Seven years later, Chapman retitled the region Leicester for the Earl of Leicester, also his own namesake. Leicester's schools fall inside the Buncombe County School District.
The North Carolina Gazetteer, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968 Municipalities and communities of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States This article about a locale in Buncombe County, North Carolina is a stub.
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Unincorporated communities in Buncombe County, North Carolina - Asheville urbane region - Unincorporated communities in North Carolina - Populated places established in 1829 - Buncombe County, North Carolina geography stubs
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