Gerton, North Carolina

Chestnut Hill is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It lies at an elevation of 2,667 feet (813 m). The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Florence Nature Preserve is a publicly-accessible privately owned park in Gerton, Henderson County, North Carolina in the United States. The 600-acre (2.4 km2) park is located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and is owned and managed by Conserving Carolina, a land trust.

Sherrill's Inn is a historic home located near Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is a four bay by two bay, log house of the saddle-bag variety which has been raised to two stories and weatherboarded. Attached to it is an originally separate two-story, log building, two bays wide and two bays deep. Also on the property are a contributing stone spring house and log meathouse. The building was built about 1845, and used as an inn throughout much of the 19th century.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Bearwallow is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along Gerton Highway (US 74A), within Hickory Nut Gorge, flanked by Burntshirt, Grant, and Little Bearwallow mountains.

Fairview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,678 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named after a bat cave located on Bluerock Mountain (also known as Bat Cave Mountain), it is the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names and is also a regular victim of street sign theft, especially in the early 1990s during the popularity of the movie Batman Returns. The community, located along the banks of the Broad River and within the Hickory Nut Gorge, features several shops, inns and a post office. It is also where three highways merge, U.S. Route 64 (US 64) from Hendersonville, U.S. Route 74A (US 74A) from Asheville, and North Carolina Highway 9 (NC 9) from Black Mountain, becoming Lake Lure Highway; which then continues in a southeasterly direction to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure.

Edneyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 2,367 as of the 2010 census.A post office called Edneyville has been in operation since 1828. Rev. Samuel Edney served as postmaster. He and his brother Asa were the two earliest settlers in the area. Samuel had 12 children and Asa had eight. Their descendants settled in the neighboring area, which led to the name Edneyville.Since 1998 Edneyville is home of the North Carolina Justice Academy, a division of the North Carolina Department of Justice. The institution is currently located on the grounds and facilities of the former Edneyville High School.

Dr. Cireo McAfee McCracken House is a historic home located at Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a two-story, frame American Foursquare style dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and L-shaped front and rear porches. It was the residence of a long-time country doctor, who was in practice for 45 years.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Bluerock Mountain is a mountain in Western North Carolina, near the community of Bat Cave. It is split between Henderson and Rutherford counties, it is home of the Bat Cave Preserve and part of Chimney Rock State Park. Its elevation reaches 2,835 feet (864 m). The mountain is flanked by the Broad River to its north and Reedypatch Creek to its west. To its south is Rich Mountain and to the east is Chimney Rock Mountain. Paris Gap is the gap between it and Bald Mountain, it connects the community of Bat Cave and the town of Chimney Rock via Lake Lure Highway (US 64/US 74A/NC 9).

Hoopers Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 1,056 as of the 2010 census.

William Nelson Camp Jr. House is a historic home site located at Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The complex consists of Rustic-style buildings constructed with native materials built about 1926. The main house is a 1+1⁄2-story, six-bay, L-plan dwelling of log and frame construction. Related contributing buildings and structures include the water storage building, garage, caretaker's cottage, two spring houses, and a barn.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

John A. Lanning House is a historic home located near Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1839, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular saddlebag form dwelling. It consists of two sections connected by a central fieldstone chimney. It features full length shed porches. Also on the property are the contributing log double corn crib, a double pen log barn and a barrel house where the owner operated a government licensed still.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.