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6 unusual facts about Mecklenburg County


Anthony Michael Juliano

Within a week, after being informed by federal agents, local police officers in Mecklenburg County, Virginia located Juliano on the morning of March 22 and trailed him from an intersection at South Hill before pulling him over and arresting him outside town.

Civil township

Some urbanized counties such as Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) now number their townships (i.e. "Township 12") rather than using names.

John W. Rhodes

A successful real estate broker from Huntersville, North Carolina, Rhodes represented North Carolina's Ninety-Eighth House district (northern Mecklenburg County) for two terms (2003–2007).

Metrolina Theatre Association

The Metrolina Theatre Association (MTA) is a non-profit organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, established in 1985 to strengthen arts awareness and to be an advocate of the performing arts in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region.

WCCB

WCCB maintains studio facilties just outside Uptown, off Independence Boulevard across from Bojangles' Coliseum, and its transmitter is located in Newell, an unincorporated area of Mecklenburg County just northeast of the Charlotte city limits.

Channel 36 had a very weak 100,000-watt signal which was spotty further than 10 miles from the transmitter, making it virtually unviewable even in some parts of Mecklenburg County.


Buster Boyd Bridge

The Buster Boyd Bridge is a four-lane automobile bridge spanning Lake Wylie between Steele Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and the town of Lake Wylie in York County, South Carolina.

Cox Mill High School

Land was finally found in the burgeoning Cox Mill area of Concord, near the Odell Community approximately three miles from the Mecklenburg County line.

James G. Martin

In 1966, he was elected to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners.

LYNX Red Line

It would primarily serve the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson in northern Mecklenburg County.

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

The Mecklenburg Declaration is referenced in the motto for Davidson College, located in Davidson in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties: Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas ("Let Knowledge Be Cherished Where Liberty Has Arisen").

Pineville, North Carolina

Pineville is a suburban town in the southernmost portion of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina situated in the Waxhaws district between Charlotte, North Carolina and Rock Hill, South Carolina.


see also

LYNX Red Line

It is proposed to follow a northerly path along the existing Norfolk Southern O Line right-of-way, roughly paralleling North Graham Street and North Carolina Highway 115, as it extends through north Mecklenburg County.

Metrolina

Metrolina Native American Association, a Native American community association in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina