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- Mecklenburg County
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What we established, and from where
Only three stone houses are known to have been built in Mecklenburg County; chimneys were made from local clay fired in simple kilns.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Seventeen log houses had been identified in the county, including the James K. Polk Homesite.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The average Mecklenburg farm after the Civil War was approximately 100 acres.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The number of farms in the county peaked at 4,344 in 1920 and had collapsed by 1982.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Evidence of placer gold mining on Mecklenburg hillsides was still visible at the time of the survey.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Matthews, Pineville, Huntersville and Cornelius were established along the railroad lines.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Black rural education in the county is represented by four surviving Rosenwald schools.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Four textile mill complexes survive in the county's towns.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
Only five rural crossroads stores were inventoried in the county.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
One cotton gin building, at Matthews, was known to survive.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17