Official Name: | Linville Falls, North Carolina |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Named For: | Linville Falls[1] |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
Pushpin Label: | Linville Falls |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Carolina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Name2: | Avery, Burke, McDowell |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 35.9908°N -81.9442°W |
Elevation M: | 996 |
Elevation Ft: | 3268 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28647 |
Area Code: | 828 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1012893 |
Linville Falls is an unincorporated community at the junction of Avery, Burke, and McDowell counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The community is named after Linville Falls, a nearby waterfall in the Linville Gorge Wilderness.
Linville Falls is close to many of western North Carolina's outdoor attractions.
The Linville Falls Tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 and the Franklin-Penland House in 2006.