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The Buncombe County Courthouse is located at 205 College Street, Asheville NC 28801; phone: 828-250-4105.
Buncombe County was formed in 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. It was named in honor of Colonel Edward Buncombe, a Revolutionary soldier who was wounded and captured at the battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, and died a paroled prisoner, May 1778, in Philadelphia. Colonel Buncombe lived in Tyrrell County.