Leicester
Leicester is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Named for 19th-century merchant Leicester Chapman, it was incorporated as a town from 1859 to 1905.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,090 feet (640 metres)
- Description: unincorportaed community in Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
- Postal code: 28748
- Also known as“Leicester, NC”“Leicester, North Carolina”
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Latitude
35.65511° or 35° 39′ 18″ north
Longitude
-82.69624° or 82° 41′ 47″ west
UN/LOCODE
US LC6
Open location code
867VM843+2G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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