Leicester
Leicester is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina United States; although incorporating was proposed in 2007 and an incorporation bill was briefly filed in the North Carolina General Assembly, no measure has been adopted.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorportaed community in Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
- Also known as: “Leicester, NC” and “Leicester, North Carolina”
- Postal code: 28748
Leicester
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Leicester Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.65511° or 35° 39′ 18″ northLongitude
-82.69624° or 82° 41′ 47″ westElevation
2,087 feet (636 metres)United Nations Location Code
US LC6Open location code
867VM843+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 154122785OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4475616Wikidata ID
Q9021240
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