Edneyville, North Carolina
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|official_name = Edneyville, North Carolina
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|named_for = Samuel Edney{{cite web |url=https://ncpedia.org/gazetteer/search/edneyville/0 |title=North Carolina Gazetteer |accessdate= December 26, 2020}}
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|pushpin_label = Edneyville
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = North Carolina
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Henderson
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 27.84
|area_land_km2 = 27.81
|area_water_km2 = 0.02
|area_total_sq_mi = 10.75
|area_land_sq_mi = 10.74
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 2395
|population_density_km2 = 86.11
|population_density_sq_mi = 223.02
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_ft = 2241
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 28727
|area_code = 828
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|blank_info = 2584316{{GNIS|2584316}}
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|blank1_info = 37-20280
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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }}
A post office called Edneyville has been in operation since 1828.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NC&county=Henderson |title=Henderson County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=23 May 2015 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524023430/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NC&county=Henderson |archivedate=24 May 2015 }} 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.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6KEaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NSQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5250%2C5292855 | title=Tuxedo: It's not formal wear | work=The Times-News | date=Feb 22, 1987 | accessdate=23 May 2015 | author=Kramp, Penn | pages=27}}
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.{{cite web|title=North Carolina Justice Academy Official Website|url=http://ncja.ncdoj.gov/NCJAHome/ContactUS.aspx|accessdate=10 June 2013}}
Geography
Edneyville is in northeastern Henderson County at an elevation of {{convert|2246|ft}} above sea level. The Eastern Continental Divide runs through the center of the CDP; the eastern side of the community drains via Reedypatch Creek to the Broad River, which flows through the Congaree and Santee River systems to the Atlantic Ocean, while the western side of the community drains to Clear Creek, which flows via Mud Creek to the French Broad River, then the Tennessee River, and finally the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. Route 64 passes through Edneyville, leading southwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to Hendersonville and northeast {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Bat Cave. Asheville is {{convert|25|mi}} to the northwest via Terrys Gap Road.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Edneyville CDP has a total area of {{convert|27.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.08%, are water.{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3720280| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Edneyville CDP, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 19, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213103812/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3720280| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 2395
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Category:Census-designated places in North Carolina
Category:Census-designated places in Henderson County, North Carolina
Category:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
Category:Unincorporated communities in Henderson County, North Carolina
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