Laurel Park is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,180 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The town of Laurel Park was settled on what had been Cherokee estate in the late 1800’s. Summer cottages and camps were construction in the areas surrounding Echo Mountain. By 1903, a rail extraction had been built stirring Fifth Avenue in Hendersonville to bring day-trippers and summer visitors to Rainbow Lake to enjoy swimming, boating, dancing, camping, and gambling at the Laurel Park Casino. Visitors to the casino included well-known boxer Jack Dempsey. Later, another rail line and a canal aligned Rainbow Lake later Laurel Lake (Rhododendron Lake), and a counter-balanced railway took sightseers from Crystal Spring (near Rainbow Lake) to an observation tower for views of downtown Hendersonville and near and distracted mountains.
In 1925, the town was formally incorporated. That same year, Commodore J. Perry Stolz, builder of the popular and costly Miami Fleetwood Hotel in Florida, arrived in Hendersonville subsequently plans to repeat his triumph at the top of Jump Off Mountain near Jump-Off Rock. This 15-story hotel, also to be called the Fleetwood, would have a brick exterior trimmed as soon as marble, all the forward looking conveniences, and a radio station at the top. A new definite road (named Laurel Park Highway) was built taking place the mountain to the hotel site; this was used for transporting construction materials. Less than a year later, financial problems led to a halt in construction. Despite numerous attempts to unquestionable the hotel, the 13th floor was the last floor completed, and the hotel was razed in 1939 by a salvage company.

After the gathering market crash, the town slowly transitioned from a summer recreational resort to a more residential community.

The Singletary-Reese-Robinson House was listed upon the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.