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Davidson, North Carolina

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The town of Davidson is primarily located in Iredell County. A portion of Davidson extends into Mecklenburg County.

Davidson is 230 feet [70.1 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Davidson lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Davidson can be found in:

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Davidson had a population of 7,139 people<3> (or 5.78% of the total population of Iredell County). The population of Davidson represented 0.09% of the total of North Carolina, making it the state's 86th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Davidson had a population of 10,305 people. This is an increase of 44.35% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Davidson.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200810,305+44.35%+6.77% since 2007
20079,652+35.2%+7.81% since 2006
20068,953+25.41%+1.16% since 2005
20058,850+23.97% 
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20007,139The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Charlotte   S19 mi [30.58 km]687,45627.11% increase
 China Grove   NE15 mi [24.14 km]3,7483.65% increase
 Concord   SE12 mi [19.31 km]66,31118.46% increase
 Harrisburg   SE15 mi [24.14 km]5,81929.51% increase
 Huntersville   SW6 mi [9.66 km]44,05476.5% increase
 Kannapolis   E10 mi [16.09 km]42,52115.2% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Davidson.

Website for Davidson

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Davidson or Iredell County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.ci.davidson.nc.us/
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Search for Local Businesses

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) Davidson. 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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Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Davidson:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Davidson? Please visit the Map Page for Davidson.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Davidson - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Davidson, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Davidson.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Davidson and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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