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  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mecklenburg County was formed in 1762 from the western part of Anson County.
Mecklenburg County is a member of the regional Centralina Council of Governments.
In the county the population is spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 36.40% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 8.60% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina   (594 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Under the county commissioner's supervision, the township board was responsible for roads and bridges and for the assessment of property for taxation.
The county may play a role in the psychology of people born and raised "in the country" - it serves to establish where they are from and who they are, thus becoming a part of their personal identity.
Mecklenburg County, [198 N.C. 880 (1930)], the court stated that "the weight of authority is to effect that all the powers and functions of a county bear reference to the general policy of the State, and are in fact an integral portion of the general administration of State policy.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mecklenburg-County,-North-Carolina   (601 words)

  
 Gaston County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lincoln Country was divided in 1846, and its southern half was renamed Gaston for William Gaston, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817, and a judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1833 to 1844.
North Carolina's colonial policy of restricted the size of land grants, and in Gaston County they tended to be about 400 acres each.
In the county the population is spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 31.00% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina   (897 words)

  
 Orange County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bladen County, Granville County, and Johnston County.
Orange County is a member of the regional Triangle J Council of Governments.
In the county the population is spread out with 20.30% under the age of 18, 21.00% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 8.40% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina   (569 words)

  
 Business Wire: Fitch Rates Mecklenburg County, North Carolina's GO Rfdg Bonds 'AAA'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina's most populous, is part of the growing Charlotte metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and is characterized by high wealth levels, traditionally low unemployment rates, and strong assessed value (AV) growth.
The county's adopted fiscal 2005 budget is balanced, using a minimal amount of fund balance and increasing general fund expenditures by 4.7%, although debt service grows by 9.5%.
The county's allocation for school operations was held constant in the fiscal 2005 budget, the third straight year of no increase.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_March_8/ai_n12413583   (800 words)

  
 ArcNews Fall 2003 Issue -- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Archives History on the Web With GIS
Mecklenburg County is located in the southwest region of North Carolina with Charlotte its largest city.
It is one of the fastest growing counties in the United States and has a full-fledged GIS system with GIS staff in a number of departments who are involved in analysis, database design, and application development.
Mecklenburg County will probably be one of the few local government organizations in the United States to host this kind of information on the Internet.
www.esri.com /news/arcnews/fall03articles/mecklenburg-county.html   (777 words)

  
 NCACC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While some counties may be able to proceed with ordering new equipment from available funds, the magnitude of effort it will take to ensure the integrity of the May primary is overwhelming.
Counties should make the appropriate changes in their collection processes in order to begin collecting the additional first month interest on Jan. 1, 2006.
Counties designated as Tier 1 are the most economically distressed, while Tier 5 marks the least distressed counties.
www.ncacc.org   (906 words)

  
 Iredell County NCGenWeb
Iredell County was formed in 1788 from Rowan County, and was named for James Iredell (1751-1799), Attorney General of NC during the Revolution and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1788.
Iredell County is in the central section of the State and is bounded by Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Catawba, Alexander, Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie counties.
Statesville, established in 1789, is the county seat.
www.iredell.com   (417 words)

  
 ESRI News -- ArcNews Winter 2001/2002 Issue -- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Makes Mapping Easy, User Friendly
With these results, the County created highly customized work flows, including a checklist that is now used by each mapping professional to update the database.
Mecklenburg was able to build its own Business process menus for end users.
Mecklenburg County's chosen solution enables the County to enhance functionality and work flow, while maintaining fundamental Business processes.
www.esri.com /news/arcnews/winter0102articles/mecklenburg.html   (369 words)

  
 A Brief History of Mecklenburg County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of Duke's other contributions to the growth of Mecklenburg County was the establishment of the Piedmont and Northern Electric Railway in 1911; the city's seventh rail line.
And as mills began to be constructed farther from Charlotte, the impact on the rural areas of Mecklenburg County was tremendous.
While Thrift may be the best example of the type of rural community spawned by mill development, there are other small Mecklenburg County towns that owe their existence to late nineteenth century railroad and mill development.
www.cmhpf.org /kids/histories/industrialization.html   (511 words)

  
 UNITED STATES v MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA - Legal Case Documents
County, North Carolina, shall be sent to the attention of: James O. Cobb, Esq.
Defendant Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (hereinafter referred to as "Mecklenburg County" or "the County") is a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina created pursuant to North Carolina law.
Defendant Mecklenburg County is a person within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e(a), and an employer within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e(b).
www.legalcasedocs.com /120/249/359.html   (613 words)

  
 Mecklenburg County North Carolina Genealogy
The county was formed from Anson County in 1763 and named for the hometown of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Germany who became the bride of England's King George III in 1762.
Historians report that the county settlement by immigrants began in the early 1700's primarily from the North along the "Trading Path", an old Indian Trail, and from the South along the rivers from Charleston.
In Quest of Cemeteries of the Enslaved In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
www.rootsweb.com /%7Encmeckle   (2145 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mecklenburg County is a county located in the U.S. State of North Carolina.
She is also the eponym of Mecklenburg County's county seat and largest city.
Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.50% are under the age of 18 and 9.30% are 65 or older.
www.ipedia.com /mecklenburg_county__north_carolina.html   (565 words)

  
 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina History and Genealogy
Mecklenburg County was formed in 1762 from Anson county, and named in honor of the native place of the new Queen, Princess Charlotte, of Mecklenburg, one of the smaller German States.
The little village of Charlotte, the seat of justice for Mecklenburg county, was in 1775, the theater of one of the most memorable events in the political annals of the United States.
Situated on the beautiful and fertile campaign, between the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers, and on the general route of the Southern travel, and among the earliest settlements in the Carolinas and Georgia, it soon became the centre of an enterprising and prosperous population.
www.northcarolinagenealogy.org /mecklenburg   (389 words)

  
 Business Wire: Fitch Rates Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Credit strengths include Mecklenburg County's economic and tax base centered on the City of Charlotte, its large general fund balance, exceptional financial management highlighted by thorough long-term planning, and manageable debt levels despite rapid growth in population and capital needs.
The COPs are secured by installment payments made by the county to the Mecklenburg County Public Facilities Corporation (the corporation), a nonprofit corporation consisting of county officials.
As additional security, the county will convey Ardey Kell High School and Highland Creek Elementary School, including the land on which they will be constructed, to a trustee under a deed of trust for the benefit of the corporation.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:128217390&refid=ink_tptd_np   (648 words)

  
 Carolina Heelsplitter in North Carolina
The Carolina heelsplitter currently has a very fragmented, relict distribution but historically was known from several locations within the Catawba and Pee Dee River systems in North Carolina and the Pee Dee and Savannah River systems, and possibly the Saluda River system, in South Carolina.
However, as a result of surveys funded by the U.S. Forest Service and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, a population of the Carolina heelsplitter was discovered in the spring of 1995 in the Savannah River system (Stevens Creek watershed) (Alderman 1995 and 1998).
However, in Mountain Creek in Edgefleld County, South Carolina, two live individuals were found near the center of the stream channel in a relatively silt-free substrate comprised primarily of a mixture of sand, gravel, and cobble (personal observation, 1995).
nc-es.fws.gov /mussel/carolheel.html   (1392 words)

  
 John Locke Foundation
The minimum wage is currently an issue in North Carolina, as well as at the national level.
RALEIGH —; The state legislature created the North Carolina Global Warming Commission this year and gave it a mandate to investigate the science and economic impact of climate change, but an analysis of the commission’s membership by the John Locke Foundation found only one climate scientist and no economists among the 16 current members.
It is unreasonable therefore to expect that North Carolina, acting along or in consort with other states, could do anything to mitigate future global warming.
www.johnlocke.org   (773 words)

  
 Government Performance Project 2001/Report card: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Education, for example, takes up half of the county’s $1 billion annual budget each year, but county leaders have virtually no authority over how the schools are run — that’s the province of an independently elected school board.
The county jails are jammed, but it’s the Charlotte police that fill them up and the state of North Carolina that runs the courts and does the sentencing.
The state of North Carolina blocks its ability to raise revenue except through the property tax — which the county board already increased a hefty 15 percent this year.
www.governing.com /gpp/2002/gp2meck.htm   (765 words)

  
 Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mecklenburg County is in the piedmont of North Carolina, it's population stands a shade under 700,000.
The county seat, and largest city is Charlotte.
Charlotte is very much a Carolina city, dispite it's outside influence, so try the barbeque.
wikitravel.org /travel/Mecklenburg_County_(North_Carolina)   (236 words)

  
 Former Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Deputy Is Charged With Felony: Top News Stories at Officer.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A former Mecklenburg County sheriff's deputy has been charged with a felony in connection with a state investigation into misconduct among at least nine deputies working in the civil division.
England, who resigned from the sheriff's office in January, is the first to be charged in a nearly yearlong investigation involving deputies responsible for collecting property as ordered by the court.
He turned himself in at the Mecklenburg County jail and was released on an unknown bond amount a short time later, spokeswoman Julia Rush said.
www.officer.com /article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=19146   (460 words)

  
 Lake Norman, Lake Wylie and Greater Charlotte NC real estate
Extending across four counties are four school systems and private school options, recreational activities such as boating, skiing, fishing and golfing and a great variety of dining and shopping.
For sports lovers, the NFL Carolina Panthers, the NBA Charlotte BOBCATS play their home games in Charlotte and the Charlotte Knights play professional baseball at Knights Stadium a few minutes away in Fort Mill.
Charlotte North Carolina is a thriving and historic community.
www.lakerealty.com   (657 words)

  
 Mecklenburg County NC Republican Party
During the past year under Democratic control of the County Commission, taxes have gone up over 10% and the oversight and funding of CMS has been mismanaged.
Since the Republicans are in the minority on the County Commission, the challenge is great to deal properly with the problems facing CMS.
County Commissioner Dan Bishop will be speaking on the topic: "Pubic Education and the Republican Majority Strategy." Click here to see more details.
www.meckgop.com   (714 words)

  
 North Carolina Maps
Maps that are available through the NCGS include topographic maps (paper and on CD-ROMs) at many scales, geologic maps covering much of the state, and aerial photographs including gray-scale and color infrared.
Status of topographic maps in North Carolina as of November 30, 2000.
1985 Geologic Map of North Carolina, Interstate Highway Geology of North Carolina, and Generalized Geologic Map of North Carolina.
www.geology.enr.state.nc.us /maps/ncgs_main_maps_page.html   (397 words)

  
 Business Wire: Fitch Rates Mecklenburg County, North Carolina GOs 'AAA'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WASHINGTON -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to Mecklenburg County, NC's $32.3 million public improvement bonds, series 2005A, which are scheduled to sell competitively on Jan. 19.
The county expects to sell $100 million of variable-rate GO bonds and $113.1 million of variable-rate certificates of participation (COPs) in early February.
Recent economic data, including a sharp decline in unemployment and a healthy 7.6% increase in retail sales, indicate that a recovery from the recession is continuing.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Jan_5/ai_n8683737   (784 words)

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