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  2. Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Mecklenburg County (/ ˈ m ɛ k l ə n ˌ b ɜːr ɡ /) is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wake County), and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population.

  3. List of counties in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [14] 1779 [14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.

  4. President James K. Polk Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Show map of North Carolina Show map of the United States Show all. The President James K. Polk Historic Site is a museum and historic location in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and a historic site managed by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ' Historic Sites division. The property was the location of property ...

  5. Mecklenburg County Democratic Party - Wikipedia

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    The Mecklenburg County Democratic Party ( Meck Dems) is the largest Democratic Party in North Carolina with 322,505 registered Democrats. [2] Meck Dems is the Mecklenburg affiliate of the Democratic Party. It is headquartered in the historic Court Arcade, located in Charlotte . Mecklenburg is the key to Democrats winning at the state and ...

  6. Ballantyne (Charlotte neighborhood) - Wikipedia

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    Ballantyne is a neighborhood and developing edge city [5] on the southside of Charlotte, North Carolina, occupying a 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) area of land adjacent to the South Carolina border. The neighborhood is home to St. Matthew Catholic Church, the largest Catholic congregation in the United States.

  7. Charlotte strikes deal to end public transit fight with ... - AOL

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    The original agreement came months after Mecklenburg County voters approved a half-cent sales tax to finance public transportation systems in 1998. In recent years, state legislators have been ...

  8. Pineville, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Pineville (/ ˈ p aɪ n v ɪ l /; locally / ˈ p aɪ n v əl /) is a suburban town in the southernmost portion of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Part of the Charlotte metropolitan area , it is situated in the Waxhaws district between Charlotte and Fort Mill .

  9. Matthews, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Matthews, North Carolina. /  35.11944°N 80.71000°W  / 35.11944; -80.71000. Matthews is a town in southeastern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte. The population was 27,198 according to the 2010 census .