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Charlotte (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə t / ⓘ SHAR-lət) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, [10] making Charlotte the 15th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida.
1763 – Mecklenburg County established. [1] 1768 – Charlotte Town incorporated. 1770 – Queen's Museum chartered. [2] 1774 – Charlotte becomes capital of county. [3] 1775 – Mecklenburg Resolves signed. 1777 – Liberty Hall Academy incorporated.
[153] [154] McCrory was the first sitting Governor of North Carolina to lose a bid for reelection since Charles Manly in 1850. [155] [156] In November 2018, McCrory falsely claimed that there were many North Carolina students who committed voter fraud during the 2016 election.
It served as the state's only emblem for 14 years until the adoption of the state flag in 1885. Enacted by law in 2013, the newest symbols of North Carolina are the state art medium, clay; the state fossil, the megalodon teeth; the state frog, the Pine Barrens tree frog; the state marsupial, the Virginia opossum; and the state salamander, the ...
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte ( UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges. [ 6] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".
Uptown Charlotte, also called Center City, is the central business district of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The area is split into four wards by the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets, and bordered by Interstate 277 and Interstate 77. The area is managed and overseen by the Charlotte Central City Partners, which is one of the ...
Website. www .carowinds .com. Carowinds is a 407-acre (165 ha) amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the park first opened to the public on March 31, 1973. Carowinds straddles the state line between North and South Carolina, adjacent to Interstate 77, with a ...
GNIS feature ID. 2403551 [ 3] Website. www .cityofec .com. Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank and Camden counties, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,629. [ 5] Elizabeth City is the county seat and most populous city of Pasquotank County. [ 6] It is the cultural, economic and educational hub of ...