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Welcome to Grace ...

Grace is located in Buncombe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Grace is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Grace is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Grace: 828

Communities Also Named Grace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Grace - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Georgia, Idaho (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Grace ...

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

  • Fletcher
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Black Mountain
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mills River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Canton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Weaverville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mars Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Biltmore Forest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,431 people
  • Montreat
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Marshall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Riceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Riceville is located in Buncombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville

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 Grace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grace. 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 Grace.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grace ...

Looking for more information about Grace? 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 Grace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grace.

Adding Grace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grace 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 Grace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Grace post office opened in 1889. The Grace post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grace.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Buncombe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grace - 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/