Bent Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

[4] The Bent Creek area has mountain bike trails within the Pisgah National Forest.

Russell "Pinckney" Lance had a grist mill and had a "self-sufficient farm".

[5][6] The Bent Creek CDP is located in south-central Buncombe County, southwest of downtown Asheville.

The 434-acre (176 ha) North Carolina Arboretum and Bent Creek Experimental Forest are located just outside the CDP to the south of Wesley Branch Road.

19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.