Historic Small Towns & Cities – Page 2 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Lenoir

The original settlement of Lenoir was first known as Tucker’s Barn after the family that...

Before there was a state of North Carolina, indeed before there was a United States...

On May 29, 1893 Southern Railway's "Number 11" deposited a travel-weary band of 29 souls...

The historic small town of Brevard is the county seat of Transylvania County, also known...

The town of Highlands was supposed to become a hub of commerce in the Blue...

The confluence of the Yadkin River and Big Elkin Creek in North Carolina's Blue Ridge...

As the county seat of one of Western North Carolina's oldest counties and the seat...

Forest City began as a crossroads on the Shelby-Rutherfordton and Spartanburg-Lincolnton Roads. Originally, the town...

Hendersonville / Henderson County, NC Until the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell, present-day Henderson County was...

Early History North Wilkesboro began with a simple transaction of land in 1848 between John...

People have been visiting Hot Springs, a tiny village in the Blue Ridge Mountains, as...

Nestled in the rolling foothills of northwestern North Carolina, the quaint town of Wilkesboro has...