Maggie Valley NC has  an ideal year-round climate, and is located within a beautiful mountain scenery that offers a warm Southern hospitality. This town in its early years was farming community. This has changed as people discovered what this area has to offer. Maggie  Valley NC is far enough south that spring will come fairly early, bringing the spectacular display of natural blooming beauty to the mountainsides as Dogwood, Redbud Trees and numerous wildflowers display their beauty. The summer heat is offset by the cool mountain elevations and the evening temperatures drop to create some of the most relaxing summer evening environments. During the month of October the hardwood forests give a spectacular fall foliage color display bringing more visitors than other time of the year. Maggie Valley winters is a time of a quiet, slower season while providing some of the best skiing in the south at Cataloochee.

Maggie Valley was named after Maggie Mae Setzer. Maggie was born on December 21, 1890 to John and Cordelia Setzer in a small cabin in the area that today is known as Maggie Valley. Maggie's father ran a post office out of their home and on May 10, 1904 the US government selected Maggie's name for that post office. Maggie met Ira Moody Pylant two years later and after a two year courtship they were married. Ira who was a lumberman took lumber jobs around the country and they eventually settled in McAllen, Texas in the late 1920s. They raised four children including three daughters and one son. Maggie never did move back to her name sake area of Maggie Valley and her last visit was in August of 1972. Maggie died on October 24, 1979.

Maggie Valley is located in Haywood County NC and is  near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pisgah National Forest and the Harmon Den Wildlife Refuge, where the Blue Ridge Parkway meets the Great Smoky Mountains. Haywood County encompasses 546 square miles and has a population of about 52,000. There are four incorporated towns: Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, and Clyde. With a mild southern climate and cool mountain elevations ranging to over 6000 feet.

Maggie Valley NC Real Estate For Sale Information

Maggie Valley NC homes for sale range in price from $80,000 to $2,600,000 in Smoky Mountain Retreat with a median price of $250,000. Homesites in Maggie Valley start around $17,000 and go up to $595,000 with a median price of $95,000. Maggie Valley NC real estate can be seen on the MLS Listings Search page. Real estate listings (MLS Listings Search) for Maggie Valley NC are from the Western North Carolina Mountain MLS. (Regional MLS).