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 North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh most counties in the country.
 

 

  		 

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Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Cabarrus County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

PO Box 707
Governmental Center
Concord, NC 28026-0707		 Court House:

County Seat: Concord
Year Organized: 1792
Square Miles: 364
Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of Stephen Cabarrus of Edenton, several times a member of the Legislature and four times speaker of the House of Commons.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Cabarrus was formed in 1792 from Mecklenburg. It was named in honor of Stephen Cabarrus of Edenton, several times a member of the Legislature and four times speaker of the House of Commons. It is in the south central section of the State and is bounded by Stanly, Union, Mecklenburg, Iredell and Rowan counties. The present land area is 364.39 square miles and the 2000 population was 131,063. In 1795 an act was passed naming commissioners to erect a courthouse on the land of Samuel Hugey which had already been selected as a proper place for the county seat. They were to lay out the town of Concord. Concord was incorporated in 1806, and is the county seat.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Stanly
  • Union
  • Mecklenburg
  • Iredell
  • Rowan
Cities and Towns:
- Concord (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Harrisburg town Incorporated Area
- Kannapolis city Incorporated Area
- Midland town Incorporated Area
- Mount Pleasant town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

 

 
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