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About Cleveland County
Cleveland County is a county located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the western Piedmont, on the southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,519. Its county seat is Shelby. Cleveland County comprises the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Cleveland County at a glance
- County seat
- Shelby
- Population
- 99,519 (2020)
- Land area
- 469 sq mi
- Founded
- 1841
Communities
Largest communities in Cleveland County
- Shelby county seat21,918
- Kings Mountain11,142
- Boiling Springs4,615
- Belwood857
- Grover802
History of Cleveland County
The county was formed in 1841 from parts of Lincoln and Rutherford counties. It was named for Benjamin Cleveland, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, who took part in Patriot victory at the Battle of King's Mountain. From 1841 to 1887 "Cleaveland" was the spelling used; the present spelling was adopted in 1887.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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