Tuxedo is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States, which was originally called Lakewood.

Tuxedo is a corruption of an Indian phrase, p tauk suttough, meaning "place of the bears.

[4] A large mill, the Green River Manufacturing plant, employed some 250 area workers after its completion in 1910.

[4] Camp Arrowhead, located in Tuxedo, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

[4] Nearby Lake Summit was formed by an impoundment of the Green River when additional power was needed for area businesses in the past.