Census Data for Brightwater
As far as we can tell, Brightwater has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Brightwater, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Laurel Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hendersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mills River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saluda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brevard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Biltmore Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Chimney Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tryon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Asheville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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- Lake Lure
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Landrum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Henderson County ...
Brightwater is located in Henderson County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Henderson County.
Miscellaneous Information for Brightwater ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Henderson County or the community of Brightwater:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Brightwater:
- GNIS ID for Brightwater: 1019302
- GNIS ID for Henderson County: 1008562
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Brightwater is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Brightwater.
Footnotes ...
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