Buncombe County, North Carolina

Buncombe County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2006, 222,174 people lived there. Its county seat is Asheville.
History.
The county was made in 1791 from parts of Burke County and Rutherford County.
In 1808 the western part of Buncombe County was made into Haywood County. In 1833 parts of Burke County and Buncombe County were combined to make Yancey County, and in 1838 the southern part of Buncombe County was made into Henderson County. In 1851 parts of Buncombe County and Yancey County were combined to make Madison County. And, in 1925 a small part of McDowell County was made into a part of Buncombe County.
Law and government.
Buncombe County is part of the local Land-of-Sky Regional Council of governments.
Big roads.
These are the most important roads in Buncombe County:
Connected counties.
These counties are connected to Buncombe County:
Cities and towns.
These cities and towns are in Buncombe County: