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History · Barker Heights

Barker Heights’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Barker Heights. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Barker Heights is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Barker Heights had a population of 1,249. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,254 people in 2010, 1,249 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1953.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Barker Heights yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barker Heights’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Barker Heights

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Nina SimoneNina SimoneTryon · 13 miMoms MableyMoms MableyBrevard · 17 miCrystal R. FoxCrystal R. FoxTryon · 13 miHWHarthorne WingoTryon · 13 miBMBoyce McDanielBrevard · 17 miAllison Jones RushingAllison Jones RushingHendersonville · 1 mi
By decade

Barker Heights, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Barker Heights is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Barker Heights has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Brookland in Hendersonville, 0.6 miles away.

Barker Heights and the nearest listed places

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BrooklandMary Mills Coxe HouseMain Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Grey Hosiery MillReese HouseHenderson County Courthouse

Closest to Barker Heights

BrooklandHendersonville · Building0.6miMary Mills Coxe HouseHendersonville · Building0.9miMain Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Hendersonville · District1.1miGrey Hosiery MillHendersonville · Industrial1.1miReese HouseHendersonville · Built 18851.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Brookland’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Barker Heights?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Barker Heights’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Hendersonville📜 Flat Rock📜 Laurel Park📜 Saluda
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