Beautiful Reems Creek was named for Reem, a pioneer who while exploring the valley was killed by a roving band of Indians.

Many of the early settlers of the valley belonged to sturdy and brave race of the Scotch-Irish. According to information available, they came to North Carolina in 1786. They were Pendlands, David Vance, Sr., Robert Brank, Col. Robert Williamson, William Britton, and Josepth Hughey. These pioneers were seeking religious and political liberty and from the first were active in affairs of church and state. Perhaps the first were John and Eliabeth Weaver and infant son Jacob, coming from the Dutch settlement in Virginia.

John Weaver, a Dutchman, came into the valley through what is now Yancey County, carrying their possessions by pack horse over an old Indian trail across the rugged mountain country. He had been heading west, but it lost its attraction when he broke out of the brush and onto a hill overlooking a green valley a few miles north of the French Broad River. He was tired and looking for a place to settle permanently when he arrived at the stream called Reems Creek. It is estimated that he arrived here shortly after the county, which was name for Col. Edward Buncombe, was organized in 1792. History states there was a rare spring snowstorm, and it had slowed his progress across Bald Mountain. When the trail widened he knew he had found a home for his family. The Weavers had four more sons and six daughters and this pioneer family became the ancestors of one of the largest clans in Buncombe County.

Nobody questions why the nearby town was named Weaverville. It was previously called Dry Ridge, a name given by the Indians to an elevation that rises in lower Reems Creek Valley and extends northward to the top of Hamburg Mountain.

Weaverville still has the wonderful small town atmosphere, which they endeavor to maintain. There are several fine restaurants, as well as established small local cafes. There are many golf courses in the vicinity, as well as library, arts and crafts shops, professional offices and a variety of other retail businesses, Lake Louise and a few Bed and Breakfasts.

Reems Creek Township has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. This include an impressive list of 52 homes, community buildings, churches, camp ground, Weaverville College, mills, cemetery, post office, school and Lake Louise.