Iredell County, North Carolina Explained

County:Iredell County
State:North Carolina
Seal:Iredell County Seal.png
Founded:1788
Largest City Wl:Mooresville
City Type:community
Area Total Sq Mi:597.39
Area Land Sq Mi:574.41
Area Water Sq Mi:22.98
Area Percentage:3.85
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:186693
Pop Est As Of:2023
Population Est:199710
Population Density Sq Mi:325.02
Coordinates:35.81°N -80.87°W
Web:www.iredellcountync.gov
District:10th
Time Zone:Eastern
Ex Image:Iredell County Courthouse - Statesville, NC.jpg
Ex Image Cap:Iredell County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Statesville
Motto:"Crossroads for the Future"

Iredell County [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest community is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, subtracted from Rowan County. It is named for James Iredell, one of the first justices of the Supreme Court.[3] [4] [5] [6] Iredell County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, with data from the U.S. Census Bureau.[7]

History

Prior to colonization, three Siouan-speaking tribes associated with a culture group called the Eastern Siouans probably inhabited the area that is now Iredell County. Broken into several smaller tribes, they were the Catawba, the Waccamaw Siouan, the Cheraw, the Winyaw, the Wateree and the Sugaree. The following list shows significant events and firsts in the history of the area that is now called Iredell County, North Carolina.[5] [8] [9] [10]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (3.85%) is water.[18]

Iredell County is located within the Piedmont Region of central North Carolina. The northwestern section of the county contains the Brushy Mountains, a deeply eroded spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains far to the west. The highest point in Iredell County, Fox Mountain, is in the Brushies; it rises to 1,760 feet. Although the "Brushies", as they are often called locally, are not high in the normal sense, they do rise prominently above the surrounding countryside. The remainder of Iredell County consists of gently rolling countryside occasionally broken by low hills and small river valleys. The county's largest river, the Catawba, forms much of its western border. Lake Norman, North Carolina's largest manmade lake, is the most prominent geographic feature of southern Iredell County; it is often called North Carolina's "inland sea".

Iredell County is an important transportation center for the state, as Interstate 77 and Interstate 40 cross in northeast Statesville. This has given birth to the county's slogan "Crossroads for the Future." Residents have easy access going south on I-77 to Charlotte; north on I-77 to Elkin, North Carolina and Roanoke, Virginia; east on I-40 to Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Raleigh; and west along I-40 to Hickory, North Carolina and Asheville.

The northern third of Iredell County is highly rural and contains no large towns. Due to the thinly populated nature of this portion of the state, it is one of the select places in North Carolina where the speed limit on Interstate Highways exceeds 65 mph, as Interstate 77 north of Statesville has a speed limit of 70 mph.

Iredell County is one of the longest counties in the state and stretches for nearly fifty miles north to south, from Yadkin County in the north to Mecklenburg County in the south.

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Major water bodies

Adjacent counties

Major infrastructure

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NC Pronunciation Guide. WRAL. August 16, 2023.
  2. https://library.unc.edu/wilson/ncc/talk-like-a-tar-heel/ Talk Like a Tarheel
  3. Web site: State & County QuickFacts. United States Census Bureau. October 21, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607000141/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37097.html. June 7, 2011.
  4. Web site: Find a County . June 7, 2011 . National Association of Counties . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx . May 31, 2011 .
  5. Martin, Jonathan; Web site: North Carolina History Project - Iredell County . November 4, 2014.
  6. Book: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Govt. Print. Off. . Gannett, Henry . 1905 . 165.
  7. Web site: Boundary change boosts Charlotte metro population. February 25, 2019. Chesser, John. UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. March 28, 2013.
  8. Lewis, J.D.; Web site: Iredell County Towns with Post Offices. January 31, 2019.
  9. The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677,, 642 pages with index
  10. The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index
  11. http://www.genealogyinc.com/north-carolina/court-records/#land Land Records in North Carolina
  12. Book: NC Patriots 1775–1783: Their Own Words, Volume 1, 2, 3. 2012. Lewis, J.D..
  13. Web site: North Carolina Land and Property. February 11, 2019.
  14. Web site: List of taxable property in the county of Rowan, North Carolina, anno 1778 (transcribed from several lists returned by the August term anno 1778, also see page 30 for tax lists of 1784). February 6, 2019.
  15. Book: Miller, Mildred. From Stirling to Sterling, the Bicentennial History of New Sterling Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. 1987.. Peggy Byers Gray and Robert Ernest Mize. The Delmar Company.
  16. Spencer, Preston; Statesville Record and Landmark; Web site: Faith & Freedom: The history of Iredell's black churches. February 1, 2014.
  17. Bill Moose: Web site: Bostian Bridge Train Wreck. February 5, 2019. In: Encyclopedia of North Carolina, edited by William S. Powell, 2006
  18. Web site: August 23, 2022 . 2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina . September 9, 2023 . United States Census Bureau.
  19. Web site: Back Creek (in Iredell County, NC) . June 15, 2023 . northcarolina.hometownlocator.com.
  20. Web site: Stonestreet . O. C. . July 14, 2012 . COLUMN: Buffalo in Iredell County? Most likely . June 15, 2023 . Statesville Record and Landmark . en.
  21. Web site: Fifth Creek (in Iredell County, NC) . June 15, 2023 . northcarolina.hometownlocator.com.
  22. Web site: North Carolina Gazetteer search . June 15, 2023 . ncpedia.org.
  23. Web site: 2008 . South Yadkin River . June 15, 2023 . www.deq.nc.gov . 2.
  24. Web site: January 2007 . Lookout Shoals Lake Perspective . June 15, 2023 . p-cd.duke-energy.com.
  25. Web site: North Carolina Gazetteer browse . June 15, 2023 . ncpedia.org.
  26. Web site: Olin Creek (in Iredell County, NC) . June 15, 2023 . northcarolina.hometownlocator.com.
  27. Web site: Rocky Creek at Turnersburg, NC . June 15, 2023 . waterdata.usgs.gov . en.
  28. Web site: South Fork Withrow Creek (in Iredell County, NC) . June 15, 2023 . northcarolina.hometownlocator.com.
  29. Web site: Third Creek Watershed Iredell County, NC . June 15, 2023 . www.iredellcountync.gov.
  30. Web site: Statesville Regional Airport . June 15, 2023 . www.statesvillenc.net . en.
  31. Web site: FAA Information about Davis Regional Heliport (22NA) . June 15, 2023 . www.airport-data.com.
  32. Web site: Index . June 15, 2023 . www.lakenormanairpark.org.

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