Brevard

Sister cities

• Pietroasa

History

According to the Transylvania Heritage Museum, the North Carolina General Assembly apportioned Transylvania County on February 15, 1861, from lands previously attributed to neighboring Jackson and Henderson counties. In the county's creation, a county seat was required to be conveniently accessible to most of the county's citizens. Its namesake was to honor Colonel Ephraim Brevard, M.D., a reputed Revolutionary War veteran.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.12 square miles, of which 0% is water. Brevard is located in a temperate rainforest and has a climate that borders between a humid subtropical and oceanic climate and receives abundant rainfall year round due to orographic lift due to its location in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the nearby Great Balsam Mountains. It is one of the wettest towns in the US outside of the Pacific Northwest. It is also common for the town to get small amounts of snow in the winter. The town does not have any dry season, but fall gets the least amount of rain of all the seasons.

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  14,533
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,351
• Eastern Towhee

  Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,038
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  12,105
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  11,624
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,042
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  10,759
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,387

Largest nearby schools

• Brevard High
  High · Brevard · 751 students · 13.2:1 ratio
• Brevard Elementary
  Elementary · Brevard · 544 students · 12.1:1 ratio
• Brevard Middle
  Middle · Brevard · 535 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• Pisgah Forest Elementary
  Elementary · Brevard · 464 students · 12.9:1 ratio
• Brevard Academy
  Elementary · Pisgah Forest · 413 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• Rosman Elementary
  Elementary · Rosman · 347 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• Rosman High
  High · Rosman · 264 students · 9.8:1 ratio
• Rosman Middle
  Middle · Rosman · 209 students · 11:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.65 — 2026-03-24
  10 km SSW of Dillsboro, North Carolina
• M 2.73 — 2025-08-14
  7 km N of Columbus, North Carolina
• M 2.51 — 2024-08-05
  4 km SSE of Sevierville, Tennessee
• M 2.51 — 2023-11-04
  7 km WSW of Bryson City, North Carolina
• M 3.24 — 2023-06-04
  4 km NNW of West Canton, North Carolina
• M 2.76 — 2023-05-23
  4 km N of West Canton, North Carolina