Montreat
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town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Buncombe
- Total
- 2.73 sq mi (7.07 km )
- Land
- 2.73 sq mi (7.06 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 2,720 ft (830 m)
- Density
- 330.3/sq mi (127.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-44100
- Website
- www .townofmontreat .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Montreat is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Montreat had a population of 901. It is part of the Asheville metropolitan area. The town is best known for Montreat Conference Center and Montreat College, and for having been the home of the evangelist Billy Graham and his wife Ruth Bell Graham.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montreat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.