Marble, North Carolina
| Marble, North Carolina | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Marble
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| Coordinates: 35°10′30″N 83°55′30″W / 35.17500°N 83.92500°WCoordinates: 35°10′30″N 83°55′30″W / 35.17500°N 83.92500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Cherokee County, North Carolina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| • Land | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,680 ft (510 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 321 |
| • Density | 293/sq mi (113.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 28905 |
| Area code(s) | 828 |
| FIPS code | 37-41220 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1020542 |
Marble is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 321.
Marble's elevation is 1,680 feet (510 m) above sea level.
Before settlement, Cherokee County was home to the Cherokee people, Native Americans that made their home in what are now the southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee). They were considered one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" because of their assimilation of European-American cultural and technological practices. This is the origin of the county's name.
In 1791, Colonel David Vance and General William Lee Davidson presented a petition to the North Carolina House of Commons "that part of Burke County lying west of the Appalachian Mountains praying that a part of said county, and part of Rutherford County, be made into a separate and distinct county." Originally, the bill to create the county had the name "Union", but was changed to "Buncombe" in honor of Col. Edward Buncombe, a Revolutionary War hero from Tyrell County. The bill was ratified on January 14, 1792. The new county included most of western North Carolina and was so large it was commonly referred to it as the "State of Buncombe". Approximately 1,000 people lived in the county.
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