Balfour, North Carolina

Clough H. Rice House is a historic home located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1875, and is a two-story, single-pile, frame I-house, with Italianate style design elements. It has a two-story, gable-roofed rear ell. It is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a rubble masonry foundation.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville.Henderson County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Brittain Creek is a stream in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is a tributary of Mud Creek. The stream was named for James C. Brittain, a pioneer who settled along the creek. The name of the creek was long misspelled as Britton Creek until a descendant of James C. Brittain successfully appealed to the United States Board on Geographic Names in the 1980s.

Druid Hills Historic District is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 76 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Hendersonville developed between 1910 and 1945. It includes notable examples of Tudor Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman residential architecture. The planned community was designed by noted landscape architect Earle Sumner Draper.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Moss–Johnson Farm, also known as the Johnson Farm, is a historic farm complex located near Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The farmhouse was built between 1874 and 1880, and is a rectangular brick dwelling measuring 50 feet by 28 feet. Also on the property are the contributing clapboard summer house (1920), a granary and smokehouse (1880), a well, a barn (1923), a small dwelling (1933), and a hen house and pig barn. After 1970 the property was donated in several gifts to the Henderson County Board of Education for use as a farm museum.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Hyman Heights–Mount Royal Historic District is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 123 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Hendersonville developed between 1905 and 1954. It includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman residential architecture. The oldest house in the Hyman Heights–Mount Royal neighborhood is Killarney (c. 1858).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

WHKP is a radio station broadcasting at 1450 on the AM dial in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The call letters stand for Where the Heavens Kiss the Peaks. The station broadcasts to most of the area in Henderson County and parts of southern Buncombe and parts of northern Polk Counties. The current format is mostly Real Country and conservative talk and local programming of a conservative nature. Syndicated programming includes Rush Limbaugh and once included Paul Harvey. The station also airs area high school sports.

Mountain Home is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,622 at the 2010 census, up from 2,169 in 2000. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Oakdale Cemetery is a historic city cemetery and national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was established in 1885, and has approximately 5,400 burials. The property includes the original 1885 white section and 1885 African American section, along with a number of additions made into the 1950s. It includes a section for Agudas Israel Synagogue - Hendersonville's sole Jewish congregation. Historic contributing resources include the cemetery, a frame, octagonal pavilion dating from the turn of the 20th century; a 20th-century, rectangular brick mausoleum with a flat roof and terra cotta coping; a large Neoclassical concrete mausoleum, built in 1951; and a 1950s maintenance building. It includes the Italian marble angel statue which served as the inspiration for Thomas Wolfe's first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Erle Stillwell House is a historic home located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a two-story, L-plan Tudor Revival style brick dwelling. It has a multi-gable and hip roof with flared gable ends and two brick chimneys with chimney pots. The entrance and sun porch are covered by ribbed copper roofs. It was designed and built by locally prominent architect Erle Stillwell, who built the neighboring Erle Stillwell House II in 1935.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Erle Stillwell House II is a historic home located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1935, and is a one-story, eclectic French Eclectic brick dwelling with some Tudor Revival style design elements. It has a multi-gable and hip roof and a massive brick chimney at the juncture between the main house and the garage wing. The recessed front entry porch features heavy-timbered arches and curved rafters, with a projecting front gable bay. It was designed and built by locally prominent architect Erle Stillwell, who built the neighboring Erle Stillwell House in 1926.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Cold Spring Park Historic District, also known as Wheeler Park, is a national historic district located at Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 37 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Hendersonville developed between 1910 and 1953. It includes notable examples of Colonial Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman residential architecture.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.