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Asheville (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 36 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.6000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 082 33 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -82.5500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in W N Carolina in Blue Ridge Mountains at junction of French Broad & Swannanoa Rivers; known for tourism for Great Smoky Mountain National Park & near Cherokee Indian Reservation. |
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| Asheville (preferred,C,V)
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| Morristown (H,V)
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| Biltmore (C,V)
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| Keniworth (C,V)
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| Montford (C,V)
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| Ramoth (C,V)
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| Sunset Park (C,V)
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| Victoria (C,V)
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| West Asheville (C,V)
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| Woolsey (C,V)
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Asheville (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1794 by John Barton & chartered as city in 1835 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for furniture, textiles, paper products, wool, tobacco, cellophane & electrical equipment |
| mining center (C) |
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for copper, mica & feldspar |
| resort center (C) |
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for health |
| tourist center (C) |
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for 4 national forests, Biltmore Estate & gardens (established by George Vanderbilt) & Blue Ridge Mountains |
| transportation center (C) |
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for Western N Carolina Railroad since 1880 |
| trade center (C) |
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for livestock & tobacco |
| educational center (C) |
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for University of N Carolina at Asheville (1927) |
| cultural center (C) |
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for birthplace, grave & collection of writings of novelist Thomas Wolfe & for grave of short story writer O Henry |
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