Horse Shoe, North Carolina

Horse Shoe, North Carolina
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°20′35″N82°33′23″W / 35.34306°N 82.55639°W / 35.34306; -82.55639 Coordinates: 35°20′35″N82°33′23″W / 35.34306°N 82.55639°W / 35.34306; -82.55639
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Henderson
Area [1]
• Total	7.57 sq mi (19.61 km2)
• Land	7.46 sq mi (19.32 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation	2,090 ft (640 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,430
• Density	325.69/sq mi (125.76/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	28742
Area code	828
GNIS feature ID	1020842 [2]
FIPS code	37-32740

Horse Shoe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. ^[2] Its ZIP code is 28742. ^[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,351. ^[4]

The community took its name from a nearby meander in the French Broad River. ^[5]

Geography

Horse Shoe is in western Henderson County, bordered to the north by the town of Mills River and to the west by unincorporated Etowah. The French Broad River runs through the center of the Horse Shoe community. U.S. Route 64 passes through Horse Shoe south of the river, and leads east 6 miles (10 km) to Hendersonville, the county seat, and southwest through Etowah 14 miles (23 km) to Brevard. Asheville is 23 miles (37 km) to the north via Mills River.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Horse Shoe CDP has a total area of 7.6 square miles (19.6 km²), of which 7.5 square miles (19.3 km²) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²), or 1.47%, are water. ^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2020	2,430		—
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Notable people

• Bil Dwyer, cartoonist and humorist (1907-1987)
• Cecil Gordon, race-car driver (1941-2012)

Notes

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. "Horse Shoe, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2011-05-14.
5. Kramp, Penn (Feb 22, 1987). "Tuxedo: It's not formal wear". The Times-News. p. 27. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
6. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Horse Shoe CDP, North Carolina". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

• Historic Hendersonville
• Home of the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR).