Your Guide to Buying a Home in Asheboro, NC

Buying a Home in Asheboro, North Carolina

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Asheboro is located in Randolph County

During the early part of the eighteenth century, the section that is now Asheboro was occupied by the Catawba Indians. The first white people came from Pennsylvania, in the eighteenth century. They included Scotch-Irish, Germans, and English Quakers. There are many traces of the Indians still found, such as arrow-points, tomahawks, pottery, and other relies.

The present town of Asheboro is approximately the center of Randolph County, and is the center of the state. Asheboro is situated on a beautiful ridge of large hills or mountains, as they are called locally, with gentle rolling plains. The highest of these mountains, overlooking Asheboro from the northwest, is Caraway. There are two river systems, Uwharrie and Deep, in the county, with the third rising near Asheboro, which is called Little River. (Courtesy of Asheboro/Randolph Chamber of Commerce)

There are many remnants of Asheboro's rich heritage, the most rustic and popular of which are the region's many covered bridges. In 1933 there were no less than 51 covered bridges in the county. Whatever the reason for their abundance they attract many a tourist who wishes to take a step backward in time. It is difficult to imagine Asheboro as being part of one of the state's biggest metropolitan areas when so much of the city is deeply entrenched in the region's past history. However, Asheboro and Randolph County are included as part of the Piedmont Triad region, a six-county area whose central location puts it within 90 miles of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and within 200 miles of the Atlantic Ocean to the east.

Asheboro has many newer attractions to keep tourists from overdosing on history. These sights include the North Carolina Zoological Park, the Uwharrie Forest, and the Richard Petty Museum. Truly, Asheboro is a cornucopia of attractions of all kinds.

Asheboro is located along I-73-74, and is serviced by several other transportation routes that facilitate access to nearby communities and resources. Asheboro is about 20 miles south of Greensboro and 40 miles southeast of Winston-Salem.