About 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. Reincorporation was proposed in 2007 and an incorporation bill was filed in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, but no measure has been adopted. Leicester is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Asheville Regional Airport
Things to Do Nearby
Colonial Theater
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Asheville Art Museum
Western North Carolina Nature Center
Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
Folk Art Center
Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace
Looking Glass Rock Overlook
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