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Welcome to Busick ...

Busick is located in Yancey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Busick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Busick is 2,920 feet [890 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Busick is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Busick lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Busick: 828

Communities Also Named Busick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Busick: This one is located in Yancey County and the other is located in Guilford County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Busick.

Websites for Busick ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yanceychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Busick, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Busick ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Busick.

  • Black Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spruce Pine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Burnsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Montreat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Fort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bakersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Celo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Celo is located in Yancey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celo
  • Little Switzerland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Dendron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Dendron is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Busick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Busick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Busick. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Busick.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Busick. See our Newspapers Page for Busick.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Busick ...

Looking for more information about Busick? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Busick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Busick.

Adding Busick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Busick in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Busick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Busick post office opened in 1904. The Busick post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Busick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Yancey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Busick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/