Cashiers

 High Living in the High Country
   Cashiers is a very small town located in the mountains of North Carolina, southwest of Asheville. To pronounce the name properly say "KASH-erz" or "Cash-ERS." I suppose the demonym applied to the residents would be simply, "Cashiers." 
   The derivation of the name for the town apparently is related to the fact that those who founded it, often acted as cashiers for the gold miners in the area. Curiously enough, Cashiers is still a good name for the town, since some of those who now have homes there, handle large amounts of cash.
   There are now over 1,000 billionaires in the U.S. and Cashiers has more than its fair share. These Hillbillionaires were drawn to the area for the same reason the Vanderbilts went to Asheville;  the natural beauty, cool and clean air and peace and tranquility.
   You will likely not spot many in the town square since they tend to congregate close-by in clubs with names like "Chattooga" and "Cullasaja." A house at the latter club just sold for $12 million. At the Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club, the initiation fee will be $275,000 starting on Jan.1, which is about $375,000 Canadian if I have aroused your interest. 
  I don't think many of the rich are residing in those huge mountain homes at this time of year and I doubt if they have to cover the costs by putting them on VRBO.  Visit in the summer and fall when you can mingle with the families that provide us with Tabasco and Russell Stover candies, or perhaps play a round of golf with the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. 
  For more information see these two articles: 
"What We Know About America's 1,135 Billionaires --- Exclusive, up-close Look at the Richest people in the U.S..." by Theo Francis and Inti Pacheco, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 6, 2025.
"The North Carolina Village Where America’s Wealthiest Go to Fly Under the Radar: Home to at least four billionaires, the low-key, ‘no frills’ enclave of Cashiers has one of the country’s highest concentrations of wealth," E.B. Solomont, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 26, 2025.
  "In the Blue Ridge Mountains, the unincorporated village has no mayor, no local police force and no central public water supply. There is a limited public sewer system, just a handful of sidewalks and one Ingles supermarket, affectionately known as "Mingles" because it is where locals tend to socialize. But what Cashiers does have is uber-wealthy homeowners who have been coming to the area for more than a century. With a full-time population of just 825 -- and at least four billionaires with homes in Cashiers -- the unincorporated village has one of the highest concentrations of wealth in the country, according to data from Altrata, a wealth-intelligence firm. It also remains one of the most under-the-radar -- by design." [Now you know where they are.]
   For 'normal' tourist information, see "Cashiers Valley, N.C. 

   For a more upscale view, see, The Laurel Magazine
If you are just curious about demonyms see: "Unobvious Demonyms." 
The Bonus:
A recent film has a demonym in the title: The Baltimorons: A Christmas Movie. That is a joke, of course, since those from that city are "Baltimoreans."