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Haywood County, North Carolina
Haywood County sits in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains west of Asheville, anchored by the seat, Waynesville, the mill town of Canton, and the tourist strip of Maggie Valley near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Tourism and second-home demand dominate the market, and Canton's 2023 paper-mill closure, long the county's largest employer, has pushed redevelopment of the 185-acre mill site to the center of local real estate planning.
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Haywood County at a glance
- 63,000Population (2025)
- WaynesvilleCounty seat
- 554 sq miLand area
- 114 / sq miDensity
- $62,000Median household income
- $280,000Median home value
What the live Haywood County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 4
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 8
- School Boundaries - Middle: 3
- School Boundaries - High: 2
- Congressional Districts: 1
- Soils: 201
- State House Districts: 3
- State Senate Districts: 3
Cities and towns in Haywood County
Canton, Clyde, Maggie Valley, Waynesville.
Neighboring counties
- Jackson County, NC · map
- Transylvania County, NC · map
- Buncombe County, NC · map
- Madison County, NC · map
- Swain County, NC · map
- Henderson County, NC · map