NC Gazetteer

Mecklenburg County

… was formed in 1762 from Anson County. Located in the S central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Gaston, Lincoln, Iredell, Cabarrus, and Union Counties. It was named for Princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), who married George III in 1761. Area: 549 sq. mi. County seat: Charlotte, with an elevation of 795 ft. Home to banks, corporate offices, and professional football and basketball teams. Townships, now numbered 1 to 15, were formerly Charlotte, Berryhill, Steele Creek, Sharon, Providence, Clear Creek, Crab Orchard, Mallard Creek, Dewees, Lemley, Long Creek, Paw Creek, Morning Star, Pineville, and Huntersville. Produces corn, wheat, oats, cotton, eggs, poultry, dairy products, processed meat, baked goods, fabricated metals, textiles, industrial machinery, canned foods, paper products, chemicals, hosiery, apparel, furniture, snack foods, software, soybeans, peaches, tires, computers, aircraft parts, electronics, and asbestos products.

branches

Clems Branch
Crozier Branch
Dairy Branch
Edwards Branch
Gum Branch
Gutter Branch
Kings Branch
McCullough Branch
McIntyre Branch
Rocky Branch
South Prong West Branch
Ticer Branch
Walker Branch
Whites Branch

cities

Charlotte

communities

Adam's Store
Alexander's Store
Allen
Ardreys
Biddleville
Bristow
Burdett
Caldwell
Candon
Capps Hill
Chadwick
Chemway
China Hill
Clear Creek
Cluster
Cottonwood
Croft
Davenport
Delos
Derita
Dixie
Dulin's Grove
East Woodford
Eastfield
Eastview
Equality
Exact
Fandon
Fennimore
Findleysville
Fisher
Gladis
Griffith
Hebron
Hemphill's Store
Hickory Grove
Hicks Crossroads
Homestead
Hoods
Hopewell
Hornet
Houston's Shop
Independence Hill
Jeffersonville
Joplar
Juneau
Kellyville
Kendrick Crossroad
Kent
Kevin
Kingswood
Kingwood
Lodo
Lovelady
Madge
Mallard
Marce
Martindale
Maxwell's Store
McDowells
Minnie
Monteith
Morrison's Tan Yard
Morrow's Turnout
Mutual Love
Nevin
Newell
Nimrod
North Charlotte
Observer
Paw Creek
Piedmont
Providence
Query's
Ranaleburg
Rankin
Sago
Sandifer
Sardis
Shamrock
Sheva
Shopton
Spurrier
Steele Creek
Tampa
Thompson Store
Uncas
Unity
Wailes
Wilgrove
Wriston

creeks

Brier Creek
Caldwell Creek
Campbells Creek
Cathey Creek
Clarks Creek
Clear Creek
Coffey Creek
Doby Creek
Fourmile Creek
Fuda Creek
Gar Creek
Irvins Creek
Irwin Creek
Kennedy Creek
Little Hope Creek
Little Paw Creek
Little Sugar Creek
Mallard Creek
McAlpine Creek
McDowells Creek
McKees Creek
McMullen Creek
Ramah Creek
Sixmile Creek
Steele Creek
Stewart Creek
Stoney Creek
Sugar Creek
Taggart Creek
Torrence Creek

ditches

Polk Ditch

former communities

Berryhill Township
Charlotte Township
Cooper Store
Crab Orchard Township
Harrison
Huntersville Township
Lemley's Township
Mallard Creek Township
Morning Star Township
Paw Creek Township
Pineville Township
Sharon Township
Steele Creek Township

historical markers

Annie Alexander historical marker
Battle Of Charlotte historical marker
Battle Of Cowan's Ford historical marker
Branch U.S. Mint historical marker
Cameron Morrison historical marker
Camp Greene historical marker
Camp New Providence historical marker
Catawba Indian Reservation historical marker
Charlotte Speedway historical marker
Confederate Cabinet historical marker
Confederate Navy Yard historical marker
D. A. Tompkins 1851-1914 historical marker
D. H. Hill historical marker
Davidson College historical marker
George E. Davis 1862-1959 historical marker
Gold Mines historical marker
Harry Golden 1902-1981 historical marker
Hezekiah Alexander House historical marker
J. P. Caldwell historical marker
James K. Polk 1795-1849 historical marker
Jefferson Davis historical marker
John Gibbon historical marker
Johnson C. Smith University historical marker
Mecklenburg Resolves historical marker
Mint Museum Of Art historical marker
Morris Field historical marker
N.C. League Of Municipalities historical marker
Nathanael Greene 1742-1786 historical marker
North Carolina Military Institute historical marker
North Carolina-South Carolina historical marker
Philadelphia Presbyterian Church historical marker
Queens University Of Charlotte historical marker
Romare Bearden 1911-1988 historical marker
S. B. Alexander historical marker
Steele Creek Church historical marker
Trading Path historical marker
Trading Path historical marker
University Of N.C. At Charlotte historical marker
War Of Sugar Creek historical marker
Wbt / Wbtv historical marker
William Lee Davidson historical marker
X-ray Experiments historical marker

lakes

Lake Norman
Lake Wylie
Mountain Island Lake

military bases

Morris Field Air Base

necks

Meck Neck

parishes

St. Martin's Parish

prongs

North Prong [Clarks Creek]
South Prong [Clarks Creek]

regions

Piedmont Crescent
Piedmont Dialect Region
Waxhaws, The

rivers

Catawba River

schools

Ardrey Kell High School
Billingsville School
Bradford Preparatory School
Caldwell School
Cato Middle College High School
Charlotte Engineering Early College
Charlotte Secondary School
Charlotte Teacher Early College
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Academy
Cochrane Collegiate Academy
Commonwealth High School
Commonwealth Learning Center
Community School of Davidson
David W. Butler High School
East Mecklenburg High School
Garinger High School
Harding University High School
Harper Middle College High
Hawthorne High School
Hopewell High School
Huntersville School
Independence High School
Lake Norman Charter School
Levine Middle College High School
Mallard Creek High School
McClintock School
Merancas Middle College-CPCC
Military and Global Leadership
Mountain Island Day Community Charter
Myers Park High School
Newell School
North Mecklenburg High School
Northwest School of the Arts
Olympic High School
Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology
Providence High School
Queen's Grant Community School
Rockwell School
Rocky River High School
Siloam School
Smithville School
South Mecklenburg High School
Stewart Creek High School
Sugar Creek Charter
The Metro School
Turning Point Academy
Vance High School
West Charlotte High School
West Mecklenburg High School
William A. Hough High School
Williams Secondary Montessori

springs

Midas Spring

towns

Arlington
Cornelius
Davidson
Huntersville
Matthews
Mint Hill
Pineville

transportation-related places

Barkers Ferry
Beattie's Ford
Catawba Ferry
Cowan's Ford
Graham's Ferry
Thrift
Tools Ford

waterfalls

Ross Falls