From February 20, 2023 post.
Black Bottom Community
Black Bottom was the area of Hendersonville surrounded by Kanuga, Barnwell, and South Church Streets. According to Terry Ruscin’s Hidden History of Henderson County, it was called ‘Black Bottom’ because the neighborhood consisted of mostly Black families, and it was at the bottom of Hendersonville. Many of the homes in Black Bottom were razed when residents were displaced to housing projects in the 1970s and the area transitioned to commercial buildings.
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Photo: Map courtesy of Blackhistories.org and drawn by Debbi Pridmore
Source can be found here.
