Editing Black Mountain, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
Black Mountain is located in eastern Buncombe County. The town of [[Montreat, North Carolina|Montreat]] borders Black Mountain to the north, and the unincorporated community of [[Swannanoa, North Carolina|Swannanoa]] is on the western border. [[U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 70]] (State Street) is the main road through the center of town. [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]] passes just to the south of downtown, with access from exits 64 and 65. Via I-40, it is {{convert|15|mi}} west to Asheville and {{convert|41|mi}} east to [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]].

The [[Swannanoa River]] flows from east to west through the town, rising just {{convert|3|mi|0}} to the east at Swannanoa Gap on the crest of the Appalachians. The Swannanoa River flows west to the [[French Broad River]], part of the [[Tennessee River]] basin that ultimately flows to the [[Gulf of Mexico]] via the [[Mississippi River]], while Swannanoa Creek east of the gap is part of the [[Catawba River]]-[[Santee River]] system, reaching the Atlantic Ocean north of [[Charleston, South Carolina]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of Black Mountain has a total area of {{convert|17.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|km2|order=flip|3}}, or 0.23%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Black Mountain town, North Carolina |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3706140 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212185501/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3706140 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>