Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
county in North Carolina, United States
Mecklenburg County is a county in North Carolina. In 2010, 1,054,835 people lived there.[1] The county seat is Charlotte.
HistoryEdit
The county was created in 1762. It was split from Anson County. It was named in honor of the marriage of King George III to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
CommunitiesEdit
Mecklenburg County has seven municipalities including the City of Charlotte and the towns of Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville (north of Charlotte); and the towns of Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville (south and southeast of Charlotte). Small portions of Stallings and Weddington are also in Mecklenburg County, though most of those towns are in Union County.
CityEdit
- Charlotte (county seat)
TownsEdit
Unincorporated communitiesEdit
TownshipsEdit
- Berryhill
- Charlotte
- Clear Creek
- Crab Orchard
- Deweese
- Huntersville
- Lemley
- Long Creek
- Mallard Creek
- Morning Star
- Paw Creek
- Pineville
- Providence
- Sharon (extinct)
- Steele Creek
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts selected: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
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