Burnsville
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town in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Yancey
- Total
- 1.60 sq mi (4.14 km )
- Land
- 1.60 sq mi (4.14 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,749 ft (838 m)
- Density
- 1,009/sq mi (389.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-09140
- Website
- townofburnsville .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Burnsville is a town that serves as the county seat of Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, it sits in the shadow of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the Eastern Continental United States. The population was 1,612 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burnsville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.