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  2. Gorges State Park - Wikipedia

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    Gorges State Park is a 7,709-acre (31.20 km 2) [1] North Carolina state park in Transylvania County, North Carolina in the United States and along with other conservation lands is part of a 100,000+ acre conservation corridor stretching some 80 miles along the NC/SC state line. The land, along Jocassee Gorges, was purchased by the state from ...

  3. Transylvania County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.transylvaniacounty.org. Transylvania County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census the population is 32,986. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Brevard. [ 3 ] Transylvania County comprises the Brevard, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC Combined ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Transylvania ...

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    This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]

  5. Headwaters State Forest - Wikipedia

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    Headwaters State Forest is a 6,730-acre (27.2 km 2) [1] state forest, located in Transylvania County, North Carolina, along the South Carolina state line and is part of a larger 100,000+ acre conservation corridor that stretches some 80 miles along the state line. The name originates from the fact that the forest contains the headwaters of East ...

  6. Brevard, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Brevard is a city and the county seat of Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 7,609 as of the 2010 census. [5] Brevard is located at the entrance to Pisgah National Forest and has become a noted tourism, retirement and cultural center in western North Carolina. A moderate climate, environmental beauty and ...

  7. William Deaver House - Wikipedia

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    August 13, 1979. William Deaver House is a historic home located near Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was built about 1832, and is a two-story, heavy timber frame Georgian style dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a gable roof. The front facade features a double-gallery engaged porch.

  8. DuPont State Forest - Wikipedia

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    DuPont State Recreational Forest, commonly known as DuPont Forest, is a 12,500-acre (5,100 ha) [1][3] state forest, located in Henderson and Transylvania counties of North Carolina. The name originates from the fact that the DuPont company arranged the sale of the original tract to the state. [2] Adjacent tracts have since been purchased and ...

  9. Transylvania Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Transylvania Colony, also referred to as the Transylvania Purchase or the Henderson Purchase, was a short-lived, extra-legal colony founded in early 1775 by North Carolina land speculator Richard Henderson, who formed and controlled the Transylvania Company. Henderson and his investors had reached an agreement to purchase a vast tract of ...