▁and ▁Hend erson ▁count ies . ▁In ▁the ▁county ' s ▁creation , ▁a ▁county ▁seat ▁was ▁required ▁to ▁be ▁convenient ly ▁accessible ▁to ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁county ' s ▁citizens . ▁Its ▁names ake ▁was ▁to ▁honor ▁Colonel ▁E ph ra im ▁Bre vard , ▁M . D ., ▁a ▁re put ed ▁Revolution ary ▁War ▁veter an . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁ 5 . 1 2 ▁square ▁miles . ▁ ▁Of ▁that ▁ 0 . 2 1 % ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁The ▁area ' s ▁many ▁water falls ▁have ▁earned ▁it ▁the ▁nick name ," The ▁Land ▁of ▁Water falls ." ▁Some ▁notable ▁examples ▁include ▁Looking ▁G lass ▁F alls , ▁Con nest ee ▁F alls ▁and ▁Bat son ▁Creek ▁F alls , ▁and ▁Sl iding ▁Rock . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 7 , 6 0 9 ▁people , ▁ 3 , 2 5 3 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 , 7 1 1 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 , 4 8 6 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 5 4 5 . 0 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 8 3 . 3 % ▁White , ▁ 1 1 . 0 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 3 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 1 .