Charlotte, North Carolina

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Charlotte is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Gastonia. It is located about 19 miles [30 km] to the west of Charlotte and has a population of 66,277 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Albemarle	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	15,522	1.01% decrease
	Concord	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	66,311	18.46% increase
	Hickory	NW	46 mi [74 km]	41,305	10.97% increase
	Huntersville	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	44,054	76.5% increase
	Kannapolis	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	42,521	15.2% increase
	Matthews	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	26,901	21.58% increase
	Mint Hill	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	20,369	36.5% increase
	Monroe	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	32,543	24.08% increase
	Mooresville	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	21,954	16.63% increase
	Newton	NW	38 mi [61.2 km]	13,372	6.46% increase
	Salisbury	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	28,972	9.49% increase
	Shelby	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	21,449	10.12% increase
	Statesville	N	40 mi [64.4 km]	26,414	13.27% increase
	Gaffney (SC)	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	13,200	1.79% increase
	Rock Hill (SC)	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	67,339	35.31% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belmont	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	9,374	7.69% increase
	Brown Town	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Cramerton	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	3,144	5.65% increase
	Dalton Village	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Harrisburg	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	5,819	29.51% increase
	Hemby Bridge	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,931	115.27% increase
	Indian Trail	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	18,976	59.4% increase
	Lake Park Village	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Marvin	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,970	89.61% increase
	Mount Holly	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	10,081	4.81% increase
	Pineville	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	6,791	96.9% increase
	Stallings	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	8,970	181.28% increase
	Weddington	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	9,882	47.58% increase
	Colonial Village (SC)	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Lake Wylie (SC)	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	---

Mecklenburg County

Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mecklenburg: Iredell, Cabarrus, Union, Lancaster (SC), York (SC), Gaston and Lincoln.

While not sharing a border with Mecklenburg, the following counties are close to Charlotte: Stanly, Rowan and Catawba.

Below are counties that are near Charlotte (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Charlotte:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Charlotte
	Anson County	E	Fountain Hill	32 miles [51 km]
	Cabarrus County	NE	Harrisburg	12 miles [19 km]
	Catawba County	NW	Killian Crossroads	27 miles [43 km]
	Cleveland County	W	Kings Mountain	29 miles [46 km]
	Gaston County	W	Belmont	11 miles [17 km]
	Iredell County	N	Davidson	19 miles [30 km]
	Lincoln County	NW	Cowans Ford	16 miles [25 km]
	Rowan County	N	Enochville	24 miles [38 km]
	Stanly County	E	Locust	22 miles [35 km]
	Union County	SE	Providence Woods	11 miles [17 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Charlotte. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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