Gerton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

The area was first connected by a Drovers' road, a natural access into the interior of the Blue Ridge Mountains for drovers who were moving livestock, mostly flocks of turkeys and some geese, herds of hogs and some cattle in and out of the mountains to the markets.

However, having been known to be very shy and modest, it was decided to use a contraction of her name instead, Gerton.

[1] The community is located along Gerton Highway (US 74A), 19.7 miles (31.7 km) northeast of Hendersonville, along the banks of Hickory Creek,[7][8] part of the Broad River watershed.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Gerton CDP has an area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), all land.