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Cabarrus County, North Carolina

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31historic places

—earliest paper

1792formed

225,804pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 31 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Concord, Mount Pleasant, Midland.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Cabarrus titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 31 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

31 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barber-Scotia College	Concord	Building	1985
Bethel Church Arbor	Midland	Structure	1997
Boger-Hartsell Farm	Concord	Building	1998
Bost Mill Historic District	Georgeville	District	1986
Cabarrus County Courthouse	Concord	Building	1974
Coleman-Franklin-Cannon Mill	Concord	Building	2015
Favoni-Harris, Dr. Charles and William Shakespeare House	Poplar Tent	Building	1986
First Congregational Church	Mount Pleasant	Building	1986
Gem Theatre	Kannapolis	Building	2019
Green, John Bunyan, Farm	Midland	District	1988
Isenhour, Daniel, House and Farm	Gold Hill	District	2000
Lentz Hotel	Mount Pleasant	Building	1982
Logan Neighborhood Historic District	Concord	District	2025
McCurdy Log House	Concord	Building	1974
Meek House	Kannapolis	Building	2001
Mill Hill	Concord	Building	1974
Morrison, Robert Harvey, Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine	Midland	District	1990
Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Historic District	Mount Pleasant	District	1979
Mount Pleasant Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Mount Pleasant	District	1986
Norcott Mill-Cannon Mills Company Plant No. 10	Concord	Building	2021
North Union Street Historic District	Concord	District	1986
Odell-Locke-Randolph Cotton Mill	Concord	Building	1983
Peeler, Harvey Jeremiah, House	Kannapolis	Building	2007
Pressley, Rev. John E., House	Bethpage	Building	1986
Reed Gold Mine NHL	Concord	District	1966
Rocky River Presbyterian Church	Rocky River	Building	1986
South Union Street Courthouse and Commercial Historic District	Concord	District	1997
South Union Street Historic District	Concord	District	1986
Spears House	Concord	District	1989
Stonewall Jackson Training School Historic District	Concord	District	1984
Union Street North-Cabarrus Avenue Commercial Historic District	Concord	District	2003

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cabarrus was formed in 1792 (1792-12-31) from Mecklenburg.

CABARRUS created from MECKLENBURG.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cabarrus County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,094	7,248	9,259	10,546	14,964	22,456	33,730	59,393	63,783	68,137	85,895	131,063	225,804

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

6 cemeteries and 12 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Carolina Memorial Park	35.45264	-80.61118
Gold Hill Cemetery	35.50257	-80.3508
Oakwood Cemetery	35.42236	-80.59534
Rutherford Memorial Park	35.38708	-80.5834
Saint James Cemetery	35.42903	-80.53895
West Concord Cemetery	35.38486	-80.60534

Historical populated places — 12 of 12

Name	Lat	Lon
Bosts Mill	35.31153	-80.46701
Coddle Creek	35.49792	-80.73924
Colemans	35.49986	-80.61785
Drys Mill	35.48542	-80.33589
Furrs	35.26153	-80.49146
Garmons	35.27625	-80.45145
Kirkland	35.34042	-80.59757
Mill Hill	35.46792	-80.70396
Oak Lawn	35.48958	-80.76841
Springsville	35.45792	-80.71451
Tulin	35.46569	-80.71729
Wallace Store	35.40125	-80.76229

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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