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Iredell County, North Carolina

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
56historic places
—earliest paper
1788formed
186,693pop. 2020
17cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 56 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Statesville, Mooresville, Mount Mourne.

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 Iredell titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

27 of 56 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

56 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Academy Hill Historic DistrictStatesvilleDistrict1980
Allison WoodsStatesvilleDistrict1995
Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Session House and CemeteryHoustonvilleBuilding1980
Brawley, Espy Watts, HouseMooresvilleBuilding1980
Campbell, Perciphull, HouseUnion GroveBuilding1980
Center Street A.M.E. Zion ChurchStatesvilleBuilding1980
Centre Presbyterian Church, Session House and CemeteriesMount MourneBuilding1980
Coddle Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Session House and CemeteryMount MourneBuilding1980
Cornelius HouseMooresvilleBuilding1980
DaltoniaHoustonvilleBuilding1980
Damascus Baptist Church ArborHarmonyBuilding1980
Davidson HouseTroutmanBuilding1980
East Broad Street-Davie Avenue Historic DistrictStatesvilleDistrict1980
Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and CemeteryHoustonvilleBuilding1980
Eccles, Henry, HouseStatesvilleBuilding1980
Falls-Hobbs HouseStatesvilleBuilding1982
Farmville PlantationElmwoodBuilding1973
Feimster HouseStatesvilleBuilding1982
Fort DobbsStatesvilleSite1970
Gaither HouseHarmonyBuilding1980
Garfield and Green Streets Historic DistrictStatesvilleDistrict2025
Hargrave HouseStatesvilleBuilding1982
Holland-Summers HouseHarmonyBuilding1980
Houston, George, HouseMount MourneBuilding1980
Iredell County CourthouseStatesvilleBuilding1979
Johnson-Neel HouseMooresvilleBuilding1975
Key Memorial ChapelStatesvilleBuilding1980
King-Flowers-Keaton HouseStatesvilleBuilding1980
Long, Henry Fletcher and Carrie Allison, HouseStatesvilleBuilding2021
Main Building, Mitchell CollegeStatesvilleBuilding1973
McClelland-Davis HouseStatesvilleBuilding1980
McElwee HousesStatesvilleDistrict1980
Mitchell College Historic District (Additional Documentation II)StatesvilleDistrict1980
Mitchell College Historic District (Boundary IncreaseStatesvilleDistrict2002
Mooresville Historic DistrictMooresvilleDistrict1980
Mooresville Historic District (Boundary Increase)MooresvilleDistrict2020
Mooresville Mill Village Historic DistrictMooresvilleDistrict2012
Mooresville Water Pump and Filter PlantMooresvilleBuilding2023
Morrison-Campbell HouseHarmonyBuilding1980
Morrison-Mott HouseStatesvilleBuilding1980
Mount MourneMount MourneBuilding1974
Norwood SchoolStatesvilleBuilding2021
Ramsey FarmStatesvilleBuilding2021
Reid Memorial Presbyterian ChurchMooresvilleBuilding2020
Sharpe, Col. Silas Alexander, HouseStatesvilleBuilding1980
Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying GroundHarmonyBuilding1980
South Broad Street RowMooresvilleDistrict1980
South Race Street Historic DistrictStatesvilleDistrict1995
Statesville Commercial Historic DistrictStatesvilleDistrict1980
Turner, Henry, House and Caldwell-Turner Mill SiteStatesvilleDistrict1980
U.S. Post Office and County CourthouseStatesvilleBuilding1974
United States Post Office and Court House-StatesvilleStatesvilleBuilding2018
Waddle-Click FarmStatesvilleBuilding1982
Watkins Chapel AME Zion ChurchMooresvilleBuilding2022
Welch-Nicholson House and Mill SiteHoustonvilleBuilding1980
Wood LawnMount MourneBuilding1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Iredell was formed in 1788 (1788-12-06) from Rowan.

IREDELL created from ROWAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Iredell County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

187k96k5,435179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,4358,85613,07115,68515,34722,67529,06437,95650,42456,30362,52682,538122,660186,693

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

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

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed
NameLatLon
Belmont Cemetery35.77346-80.84896
Beulah Church Cemetery35.7704-81.00674
Fourth Creek Cemetery35.78569-80.8909
Glenwood Memorial Park35.57334-80.80793
Green Acres Cemetery35.59527-80.8051
Iredell Memorial Park35.74041-80.89896
Oakwood Cemetery35.79075-80.87554
Pine Grove Cemetery35.71875-80.96397
Rockwell Cemetery35.53626-80.92057
Saint Martins Cemetery35.73346-80.91833
Saint Michaels Cemetery35.69096-80.87063
Sandy Springs Cemetery36.04116-80.71532
Troutman Cemetery35.7143-80.93381
Union Grove Cemetery36.02263-80.86701
Williamson Cemetery35.52846-80.92416
Willow Valley Cemetery35.5793-80.81202
Zion Cemetery36.05391-80.8363
Historical populated places — 12 of 12
NameLatLon
Brevard35.84736-81.06147
Cowin35.75125-80.89424
Gather35.91153-80.74812
Liberty Hill35.86375-80.96758
Matthew35.75097-80.86507
Moores35.75541-81.08786
New Hope35.94291-81.00591
Sharp35.94291-80.91091
Snow Creek35.88875-80.88091
Torrance35.53458-80.76007
Watts35.77402-80.94341
Zion36.04374-80.89868

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

Historical markers

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