Biltmore Forest, North Carolina

• An old house gets a second life
  

  As befits the house of someone who sits on the board of the Asheville Art Museum, Paul and Cherry Saenger's home in Biltmore Forest is full of art, contemporary and otherwise.

• Asheville moped driver arrested on cocaine charge
  

  Biltmore Forest police arrested an Asheville moped driver on a cocaine charge. A warrant served this morning states officers stopped Jeffrey Emanuel Philson, 24, of Lamancha Drive, near the intersection of Hendersonville and Vanderbilt Roads.

• InstaLetters for Aug. 11
  

  There should be no surprise that the Social Security Trust Fund may run dry in future, since Congress has taken from it for decades now, billions of dollars for other uses and with no intention of payback.

• Brews News
  

  Need a reason to wander out to Black Mountain for a brew, or two? Here are three: One: Burnette's Fresh Hop Ale, a pale ale made with fresh Nugget, Chinook and Cascade hops, grown by Van Burnette at Hops 'N Berry Farm in Black Mountain.

• Ashvegas: Cyclist fights Biltmore Forest ticket
  

  Asheville bicyclist Sara Jarrell has absolutely no interest in losing her life in an automobile accident.

• Holmes Educational State Forest to host landowner workshops Aug. 6-7
  

  Are you a landowner or manager seeking to enhance your enjoyment, financial benefits, and the long term health and value of your woodlands? Do you desire to protect your woods from the threats of insects, disease, and wildfire? Want to maximize the benefits of your woodland while reducing the costs of taxes and management activities? Then the place ...

City Description

Biltmore Forest is an affluent town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,559 in 2008. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Biltmore Forest is located at 35°32′16″N 82°32′24″W / 35.53778°N 82.54°W / 35.53778; -82.54 (35.537884, -82.539882). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,440 people, 588 households, and 456 families residing in the town. The population density was 494.5 people per square mile (191.1/km²). There were 653 housing units at an average density of 224.2/sq mi (86.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.24% White, 0.35% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.14% of the population. There were 588 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.8% were married couples living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65

City Contained By:

• Buncombe County
• North Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 7.51096551997 km squared

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