Cabarrus County, North Carolina: History and Information

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:

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:

Enter County Resources and Information Here

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."

North Carolina State...

North Carolina

North Carolina Counties

Cabarrus County, North Carolina

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

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Demographics:

History

Neighboring Counties:

Cities and Towns:

County Resources:

County Resource Guide

Penn Foster High School