Balfour
Balfour is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,187 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,190 residents
- Description: township in Henderson County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “Balfour, NC” and “Balfour, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mineral and Lapidary Museum.
Mineral and Lapidary Museum
Museum
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County is a non-profit, volunteer-run museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, founded in 1997 at 400 North Main Street in the middle of the city's Historic District. Mineral and Lapidary Museum is situated 2 miles south of Balfour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain Home and Naples.
Mountain Home
Village
Mountain Home is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,622 at the 2010 census, up from 2,169 in 2000. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mountain Home is situated 2 miles northwest of Balfour.
Naples
Hamlet
Naples is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States, part of the Asheville metropolitan area. It is located near U.S. Route 25 Business and Interstate 26 exit 44. Naples is situated 3½ miles northwest of Balfour.
Horse Shoe
Hamlet
Horse Shoe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. Its ZIP code is 28742. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,351. Horse Shoe is situated 5 miles west of Balfour.
Balfour
Latitude
35.34651° or 35° 20′ 47″ northLongitude
-82.47206° or 82° 28′ 19″ westPopulation
1,190Elevation
2,119 feet (646 metres)United Nations Location Code
US BAWOpen location code
867V8GWH+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 153890105OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Balfour” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلفور”
- Basque: “Balfour”
- Catalan: “Balfour”
- Cebuano: “Balfour”
- Chechen: “Балфор”
- Chinese: “Balfour”
- Chinese: “巴爾弗 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “巴爾弗”
- Dutch: “Balfour”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلفور”
- French: “Balfour”
- German: “Balfour”
- Gilaki: “بالفؤر (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “بالفؤر”
- Irish: “Balfour”
- Italian: “Balfour”
- Japanese: “バルフォー”
- Ladin: “Balfour”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balfour”
- Persian: “بالفور”
- Persian: “بلفور، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “بلفور”
- Polish: “Balfour”
- Portuguese: “Balfour”
- Serbian: “Балфур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Balfour, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Balfour”
- South Azerbaijani: “بالفور، قوزئی کارولینا”
- Spanish: “Balfour”
- Tatar: “Балфор”
- Ukrainian: “Балфор”
- Uzbek: “Balfour, North Carolina”
- Uzbek: “Balfour”
- Uzbek: “Балфоур”
- Volapük: “Balfour, North Carolina”
- Volapük: “Balfour”
- Welsh: “Balfour, Gogledd Carolina”
- Welsh: “Balfour”
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