Horse Shoe, North Carolina

Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
35°20′32″N 82°33′25″W / 35.34222°N 82.55694°W / 35.34222; -82.55694CountryUnited StatesStateNorth CarolinaCountyHendersonArea
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 • Total7.57 sq mi (19.61 km2) • Land7.46 sq mi (19.32 km2) • Water0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)Elevation
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2,100 ft (600 m)Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,430 • Density325.69/sq mi (125.76/km2)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code
28742
Area code828GNIS feature ID2584322[2]FIPS code37-32740

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
CensusPop.Note%±
20202,430—
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. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horse Shoe, North Carolina
  3. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  5. ^ Kramp, Penn (February 22, 1987). "Tuxedo: It's not formal wear". The Times-News. p. 27. Retrieved May 23, 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.
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