Some of the cities, towns, and places in Yancey County are Bald Creek, Bent Creek, Burnsville, Busick, Cane River, Celo, Day Book, Green Mountain, Hamrick, Micaville, Murchison, Newdale, Pensacola, Ramseytown, Sioux, Swiss, Windom
Yancey County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,470. Its county seat is Burnsville.This land was inhabited by the Cherokee prior to European settlement, as was much of the Southern Appalachian region.