Asheville, North Carolina, has been made famous thanks to large historic sites such as The Biltmore House and The Thomas Wolfe Memorial. However, just a few minutes north of this gothic city, sits a town named Weaverville. Where folks are hard working, yet laid back and enjoying life.
History of Weaverville, North Carolina
Weaverville was not Chartered until 1875, and was named after it's founder, Michael Montraville Weaver. Even so, settlers were making the area home in the 1700s, when it was still Cherokee territory. Soldiers from the area fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War, but the town nestled away in the Blue Ridge Mountains was still considered a frontier to most settlers.
Weaverville used to be a bustling resort town, where low-country folks would venture to escape from the heat. Weaverville College (1873-1934), attracted many students who wanted to have a "life" instead of a "living." In nearby Reems Creek, stands the reconstructed home of Zebulan B. Vance, Governor of North Carolina, 1862-1865 and 1877-1879, and Senator, 1879-1883.
