Brevard is a city in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 7,609 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Transylvania County.Brevard is located at the entrance to Pisgah National Forest and has become a noted tourism, retirement and cultural center in western North Carolina. A moderate climate, environmental beauty and cultural activities attracts retirees to the area.
Brevard is also known for its white squirrels. There are several theories of how they came to live there, including an overturned carnival truck and an escaped pet breeding with native squirrels.Along with nearby Asheville and Hendersonville, Brevard forms the Asheville-Brevard, NC CSA combined statistical area.

 It is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of 2,300 feet (700 m) above sea level.
The Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science was established in 1976 to preserve and interpret the area's natural history, cultural heritage and art. The museum features exhibits on geology, paleontology, archaeology as well as local history including a collection of early tools used by Native Americans for hunting or working with wood.

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