Location

The city of Asheville resides in Buncombe County. All of Buncombe County, parts of Henderson, Madison County that are within 45-minute drive of downtown Asheville are often through of as the Greater Asheville Area. Many of the communities in the Asheville area are unincorporated and do not have city services such as water, sewer or trash. Those communities are Alexander, Arden, Barnardsville, Candler, Fairview, Leicester, and Swannanoa. Henderson County popular areas are Hendersonville, Fletcher and Mills River. Madison county has the communities of Marshall and Mars Hills within a 45-minute drive to Asheville.