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  Buncombe - History
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Parents > United States > North Carolina > NC Counties > Buncombe  
Websitehttps://www.buncombecounty.org/
Established January 19, 1792
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP March 28, 2023 09:27am
DescriptionThe seven-member Board of County Commissioners is the governing body of Buncombe County.

The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms through partisan elections. Commissioner Meetings take place on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

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June 18, 1959 -


BUNCOMBE exchanged with HENDERSON. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1959, ch. 1145, sec. 1/pp. 1291-1294)

March 06, 1925 - June 18, 1959


BUNCOMBE gained from MCDOWELL. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1925, pub.-loc., ch. 353, sec. 1/pp. 395-398)

January 28, 1851 - March 06, 1925


BUNCOMBE lost to HENDERSON. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1850-1851, ch. 45, secs. 1-4/pp. 113-114)

January 27, 1851 - January 28, 1851


BUNCOMBE lost to creation of MADISON. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1850-1851, ch. 36, sec. 1/p. 91)

January 29, 1849 - January 27, 1851


BUNCOMBE gained from YANCEY. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1848-1849, ch. 16, sec. 1/pp. 48-49)

December 15, 1838 - January 29, 1849


BUNCOMBE lost to creation of HENDERSON. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1838-1839, pub., ch. 12, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

January 13, 1834 - December 15, 1838


BUNCOMBE lost to creation of YANCEY. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1833, ch. 83, sec. 1/pp. 145-146, and ch. 84, sec. 10/p. 147)

December 15, 1808 - January 13, 1834


BUNCOMBE lost to creation of HAYWOOD. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1808, ch. 1, secs. 1, 10/pp. 1-4)

December 30, 1794 - December 15, 1808


BUNCOMBE gained from RUTHERFORD. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1794, ch. 28, sec. 1/pp. 66-67)

January 19, 1792 - December 30, 1794


BUNCOMBE created from BURKE and RUTHERFORD. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1791, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

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