Hendersonville - North Carolina - Downtown Drive

Afternoon drive around the mountain town of Hendersonville in Western NC.
Filmed: April 2020
Hendersonville by the Numbers (2010 Census):
City Population: 13,137
City Area: 6.97 sq. mi
Metro Population (Asheville, NC): 424,858
From Wikipedia:
Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It is 22 miles (35 km) south of Asheville and is the county seat of Henderson County. Like the county, the city is named for 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leonard Henderson.
The population was 13,137 at the 2010 census and was estimated in 2018 to be 14,107.
Judge Mitchell King owned 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), of which he donated 50 acres for the establishment of the town of Hendersonville. His slaves laid out its 100-foot-wide (30 m) Main Street.
Chartered in 1847 as the county seat of Henderson County (formed 1838), Hendersonville is traditionally known as "The City of Four Seasons". The town has a well-preserved Main Street and adjoining downtown areas with many restaurants, antique shops and boutiques in buildings that housed key local businesses until the mid-1980s. Its architecture reflects the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much downtown revitalization has occurred since the early 1990s. Larger stores are almost entirely along the commercial strips extending outward from the downtown along U.S. Highway 64 east and U.S. Highways 176 and 25. There are historic neighborhoods outside the Main Street corridor, including the 5th Avenue neighborhood on the city's west side and the Druid Hills neighborhood north of downtown. Depressed areas are found along the city's east side, but redevelopment efforts are underway in the historic commercial district along 7th Avenue East.
The architectural focus of the downtown area is the historic Henderson County Courthouse, completed in 1905 and completely renovated in 2008. The city is also home to the newly restored City Hall (erected 1924) and the modern Henderson County Courthouse (1995).
The largest street festival of the Hendersonville calendar is the annual North Carolina Apple Festival, culminating in the Apple Parade that regularly draws up to 50,000 spectators. Main Street is home to other festivals and special activities throughout the year.
High schools in the city and surrounding area include Hendersonville High School, West Henderson High School, North Henderson High School, and East Henderson High School.

[@mopazo7]

I went to Asheville last year and missed Hendersonville, may be next time. If I lived there I would go drive through the Blue RIdge Parkway every weekend, the most amazing feeling of peace and joy. Thanks for the video, I'll subscribe.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

You're welcome and thanks for watching/subscribing!!

[@terrybane6206]

Thanks for bringing us along....

[@Noahsoak]

Thanks for posting! Nice to see how it looks.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

You’re welcome and thanks for watching!

[@GrandmaLivesInTheBasement]

Your videos are relaxing 😊

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying them.

[@w4mkh]

Thanks for the video. We will be moving to Laurel Park in mid July and I have driven on most of the main roads you traversed. For some of the roads I followed you on the map. It was nice to see how the roads interconnect from a driver's perspective.

[@philtompetrini5480]

Awesome...thank you!!!

[@imindonesia7295]

I live ini sylva in 1998 and im familiar this town... Nice vidio bro!!!

[@SmittyGeek]

my hometown...:-)

[@Carpster]

Anybody else notice how many cops there are in this vid?
You'd think this was Grand Theft Auto not the middle of the day in a peaceful little town. LOL

[@boomertsm]

One thing you notice is all of the power and telephone lines are above ground and cross over the streets. Not a good look.

[@lorrilewis2178]

They went to all the trouble of burying the lines underground in the downtown, but left them up everywhere else.

[@geoffreystevens663]

Hendersonville, what a great little town. Pity about the traffic but hey ho, it's a happening place

[@PoopTastesGood]

I live here

[@Noahsoak]

Is it flood prone? Expensive housing?

[@kevinjohnson106]

I will be moving there soon how is it?

[@PoopTastesGood]

@@kevinjohnson106 its a good area you will like it

[@ogbkosscripkeastcyderipkry6441]

I used to live on 6th ave west in hendo 28739

[@iamturtle4989]

I live here. Low crime rate

[@neverquit9414]

It looks like a ghost town

[@MileageMikeTravels]

It might be, but to be fair I did film this one back around April when most people weren't coming outside.

[@iamturtle4989]

It’s way over crowded now. There are people everywhere