Ashe County, North Carolina Post Offices

While many people have roots in Ashe County, North Carolina, many with these roots have never visited the mountains their ancestors called home. Ashe County is a rural area, with three communities which actually resemble towns – Jefferson, West Jefferson, and Lansing. None of these communities actually have the requisite number of residents to meet the formal definition of a town – 2,500 residents.

Folks inquire regularly about various “towns” in Ashe County. With the exception of these three, none exist. Several rural communities, however, do exist, and are identified by the post office in the area. The following list notes the post offices which exist in the county, or that operated in days gone by.