Cleveland County, North Carolina

administration
Cleveland County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 79001693
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Shelby
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 1210 Shelby, NC 28151-1210
Foundation :	1841
Made up from:	Lincoln County
Area code :	001 704
Demographics
Residents :	96,287 (2000)
Population density :	80 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1214 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.clevelandcounty.com

Cleveland County is a county in the US state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Shelby , named after Colonel Isaac Shelby , an officer in the American Revolutionary War.

geography

The county is located in west-central North Carolina, bordering South Carolina to the south and has an area of 1,214 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Burke County , Lincoln County , Gaston County, and Rutherford County .

Cleveland County is divided into eleven numbered townships : 1 (River), 2 (Boiling Springs), 3 (Rippy), 4 (Kings Mountain), 5 (Warlick), 6 (Shelby), 7 (Sandy Run), 8 (Polkville ), 9 (Double Shoals), 10 (Knob Creek) and 11 (Casar).

history

Cleveland County was formed on January 11, 1841 from parts of Lincoln County. It was named after Benjamin Cleveland , a colonel in the American Revolutionary War and hero at the Battle of Kings Mountain . The spelling was changed from Cleaveland to the more common current form in 1887 during the presidency of Grover Cleveland .

The Irvin-Hamrick Log House (2013) is one of 23 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

A total of 23 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 24, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	10,396	-
1860	12,348	18.8%
1870	12,696	2.8%
1880	16,571	30.5%
1890	20,394	23.1%
1900	25,078	23%
1910	29,494	17.6%
1920	34,272	16.2%
1930	51,914	51.5%
1940	58,055	11.8%
1950	64,357	10.9%
1960	66,048	2.6%
1970	72,556	9.9%
1980	83,435	15%
1990	84.714	1.5%
2000	96.287	13.7%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Cleveland County had 96,287 people in 37,046 households and 27,006 families. The population density was 80 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 76.81 percent white, 20.93 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.69 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.68 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.72 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.49 percent of the population.

Of the 37,046 households, 32.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.0 percent of these were married couples living together, 13.7 percent were single mothers and 27.1 percent were non-families. 23.6 percent were single households and 9.6 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.8 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For all females there were 92.6 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 88.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 35,283, and the median income for a family is $ 41,733. Males had a median income of $ 30,882 versus $ 21,995 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,395. 13.3 percent of the population and 10.1 percent of families are below the poverty line. 17.9 percent of them are children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 14.0 percent are 65 years or older.

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1008547. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , pp. 62, 63 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 2018.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Cleveland County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 1008547. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , pp. 62, 63 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[8] Cleveland County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .