Tuesday, February 05, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architectural Drawing Collection, Buncombe County History, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

52 Weeks, 52 Communities: Barnardsville,What’s in the North Carolina Collection?

Fetching its name from Hezekiah Barnard, who owned stock stand and inn near the Forks of Ivy in the 19th century, Barnardsville is one of Buncombe County’s most rural communities. Things get a little fuzzy on where exactly Barnardsville ends and Democrat and Dillingham begin, but we’ll get into that when we look at those