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Welcome to Horse Shoe ...

Horse Shoe is located in Henderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Horse Shoe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Horse Shoe is 2,080 feet [634 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Horse Shoe: 828

The ZIP code for Horse Shoe: 28742<3>

Communities Also Named Horse Shoe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Horse Shoe - they are located in British Columbia and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Horse Shoe ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Horse Shoe ...

Looking for more information about Horse Shoe? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Horse Shoe, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Horse Shoe.

Adding Horse Shoe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Horse Shoe 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 Horse Shoe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Horse Shoe post office opened in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Horse Shoe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Henderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Horse Shoe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Horse Shoe). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Horse Shoe or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/