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id="toc-Major_infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2020_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2020 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_census" 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>City</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-City-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Towns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Villages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Villages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Villages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Villages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Townships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Townships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Townships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Townships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census-designated_place" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_place"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Census-designated place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_place-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ghost_town" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ghost_town"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>Ghost town</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ghost_town-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9)" title="مقاطعة يونيون (كارولاينا الشمالية) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة يونيون (كارولاينا الشمالية)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_K%C5%ABn_(North_Carolina)" title="Union Kūn (North Carolina) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Union Kūn (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8A%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Юниън (окръг, Северна Каролина) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Юниън (окръг, Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Union County, North Carolina – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Union County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_North_Carolina)" title="Union County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, North Carolina) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Union County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Union County, North Carolina – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Union County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County,_Gogledd_Carolina" title="Union County, Gogledd Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Union County, Gogledd Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County_(North_Carolina)" title="Union County (North Carolina) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Union County (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD_(%CE%92%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1)" title="Κομητεία Γιούνιον (Βόρεια Καρολίνα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Γιούνιον (Βόρεια Καρολίνα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Union_(Carolina_del_Norte)" title="Condado de Union (Carolina del Norte) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Union (Carolina del Norte)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Union_(Norda_Karolino)" title="Kantono Union (Norda Karolino) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Union (Norda Karolino)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_konderria_(Ipar_Carolina)" title="Union konderria (Ipar Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Union konderria (Ipar Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="شهرستان یونیون، کارولینای شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان یونیون، کارولینای شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_d%27Union_(Caroline_du_Nord)" title="Comté d'Union (Caroline du Nord) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté d'Union (Caroline du Nord)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Union,_Carolina_Thuaidh" title="Contae Union, Carolina Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Union, Carolina Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="یونیون ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="یونیون ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EB%8B%88%EC%96%B8%EA%B5%B0_(%EB%85%B8%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%90%EB%A1%A4%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%98%EC%A3%BC)" title="유니언군 (노스캐롤라이나주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="유니언군 (노스캐롤라이나주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="ইউনিয়ন কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ইউনিয়ন কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Union_(Carolina_del_Nord)" title="Contea di Union (Carolina del Nord) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Union (Carolina del Nord)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_megye_(%C3%89szak-Karolina)" title="Union megye (Észak-Karolina) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Union megye (Észak-Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="یونیون شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="یونیون شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_G%C3%B4ng_(North_Carolina)" title="Union Gông (North Carolina) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Union Gông (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County_(North_Carolina)" 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_County_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Union County"><img alt="Official logo of Union County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Union_County_Logo.png/93px-Union_County_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Union_County_Logo.png/140px-Union_County_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Union_County_Logo.png/186px-Union_County_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="490" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Logo</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"Plant your future."</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of North Carolina"><img alt="Map of North Carolina highlighting Union County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg/300px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg/450px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg/600px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2687" data-file-height="1019" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Carolina's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting North Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/300px-North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/450px-North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/600px-North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">North Carolina's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Union_County,_North_Carolina&params=34.99_N_80.53_W_type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°59′N</span> <span class="longitude">80°32′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.99°N 80.53°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.99; -80.53</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg/45px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1842</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Compromise name that both local <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whigs</a> agreed on<sup id="cite_ref-Named_for_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Named_for-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest community</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">639.65 sq mi (1,656.7 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">632.74 sq mi (1,638.8 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">6.91 sq mi (17.9 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.08%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">238,267</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">256,452</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">376.56/sq mi (145.39/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 8th congressional district">8th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unioncountync.gov">www<wbr />.unioncountync<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Union County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 238,267.<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Union County is included in the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county was formed in 1842 from parts of <a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg County</a>. Its name was a compromise between <a href="/wiki/United_States_Whig_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Whig Party">Whigs</a>, who wanted to name the new county for <a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrats</a>, who wanted to name it for <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>. The Helms, Starnes, McRorie, and Belk families were prominent in the town as well as Monroe and Charlotte. Most of these families came from Goose Creek Township. </p><p>Monroe, the county seat of Union County, also became a focal point during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1958, local NAACP Chapter President <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Williams" title="Robert F. Williams">Robert F. Williams</a> defended a 9-year-old African American boy who had been kissed by a white girl in an incident known as the <a href="/wiki/Kissing_Case" title="Kissing Case">Kissing Case</a>. A second African-American boy, aged 7, was also convicted and sentenced to live in a juvenile reformatory until he was 21 for simply witnessing the act. After three months in a detention center, Governor <a href="/wiki/Luther_H._Hodges" title="Luther H. Hodges">Luther H. Hodges</a> pardoned the boys. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-lat="34.99" data-lon="-80.53" data-overlays="["_c781382d15f239a880751998a92843f4605d52d9"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/34.99/-80.53/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,34.99,-80.53,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Union_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258609482&groups=_c781382d15f239a880751998a92843f4605d52d9" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,34.99,-80.53,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Union_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258609482&groups=_c781382d15f239a880751998a92843f4605d52d9 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Union County</div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg/220px-Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg/330px-Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg/440px-Entering_Union_County_on_North_Carolina_Highway_200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5520" data-file-height="3684" /></a><figcaption>Entering Union County on <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_200" title="North Carolina Highway 200">North Carolina Highway 200</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 639.65 square miles (1,656.7 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 632.74 square miles (1,638.8 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 6.91 square miles (17.9 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.08%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_local_protected_areas">State and local protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: State and local protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mineral_Springs_Greenway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mineral Springs Greenway (page does not exist)">Mineral Springs Greenway</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakboro_Blueway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oakboro Blueway (page does not exist)">Rocky River Blueway</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_water_bodies">Major water bodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major water bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaverdam_Creek_(Lanes_Creek_tributary)" title="Beaverdam Creek (Lanes Creek tributary)">Beaverdam Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crooked_Creek_(Rocky_River_tributary)" title="Crooked Creek (Rocky River tributary)">Crooked Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Lee_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Lee (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Lake Lee</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Monroe_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Monroe (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Lake Monroe</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Twitty_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Twitty (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Lake Twitty</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanes_Creek_(Rocky_River_tributary)" title="Lanes Creek (Rocky River tributary)">Lanes Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynches_River" title="Lynches River">Lynches River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_River_(North_Carolina)" title="Rocky River (North Carolina)">Rocky River</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanly_County,_North_Carolina" title="Stanly County, North Carolina">Stanly County</a> – northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chesterfield County, South Carolina">Chesterfield County, South Carolina</a> – southeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster County, South Carolina">Lancaster County, South Carolina</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg County</a> – northwest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/24px-US_74.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/36px-US_74.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/48px-US_74.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74" title="U.S. Route 74">US 74</a></li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/By-pass_plate.svg/24px-By-pass_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/By-pass_plate.svg/36px-By-pass_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/By-pass_plate.svg/48px-By-pass_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/24px-US_74.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/36px-US_74.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/48px-US_74.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74_Bypass_(Monroe,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 74 Bypass (Monroe, North Carolina)">US 74 Byp.</a> (Toll)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/US_601.svg/30px-US_601.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/US_601.svg/45px-US_601.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/US_601.svg/60px-US_601.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_601" title="U.S. Route 601">US 601</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/NC_16.svg/24px-NC_16.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/NC_16.svg/36px-NC_16.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/NC_16.svg/48px-NC_16.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_16" title="North Carolina Highway 16">NC 16</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/NC_75.svg/24px-NC_75.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/NC_75.svg/36px-NC_75.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/NC_75.svg/48px-NC_75.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_75" title="North Carolina Highway 75">NC 75</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/NC_84.svg/24px-NC_84.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/NC_84.svg/36px-NC_84.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/NC_84.svg/48px-NC_84.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_84" title="North Carolina Highway 84">NC 84</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_200.svg/24px-NC_200.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_200.svg/36px-NC_200.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_200.svg/48px-NC_200.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_200" title="North Carolina Highway 200">NC 200</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NC_205.svg/24px-NC_205.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NC_205.svg/36px-NC_205.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NC_205.svg/48px-NC_205.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_205" title="North Carolina Highway 205">NC 205</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NC_207.svg/24px-NC_207.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NC_207.svg/36px-NC_207.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NC_207.svg/48px-NC_207.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_207" title="North Carolina Highway 207">NC 207</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NC_218.svg/24px-NC_218.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NC_218.svg/36px-NC_218.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/NC_218.svg/48px-NC_218.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_218" title="North Carolina Highway 218">NC 218</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_522.svg/24px-NC_522.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_522.svg/36px-NC_522.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_522.svg/48px-NC_522.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_522" title="North Carolina Highway 522">NC 522</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/NC_742.svg/24px-NC_742.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/NC_742.svg/36px-NC_742.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/NC_742.svg/48px-NC_742.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_742" title="North Carolina Highway 742">NC 742</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_infrastructure">Major infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte-Monroe_Executive_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport">Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goose_Creek_Airport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goose Creek Airport (page does not exist)">Goose Creek Airport</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JAARS" title="JAARS">Jaars-Townsend Airport</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>10,051</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>11,202</td><td></td><td>11.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>12,217</td><td></td><td>9.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>18,056</td><td></td><td>47.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>21,259</td><td></td><td>17.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>27,156</td><td></td><td>27.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>33,277</td><td></td><td>22.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>36,029</td><td></td><td>8.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>40,979</td><td></td><td>13.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>39,097</td><td></td><td>−4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>42,034</td><td></td><td>7.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>44,670</td><td></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>54,714</td><td></td><td>22.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>70,380</td><td></td><td>28.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>84,211</td><td></td><td>19.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>123,677</td><td></td><td>46.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>201,292</td><td></td><td>62.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>238,267</td><td></td><td>18.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">256,452</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>7.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010–2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Union County racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>161,113 </td> <td>67.62% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>26,500 </td> <td>11.12% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>641 </td> <td>0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>9,516 </td> <td>3.99% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>90 </td> <td>0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>10,297 </td> <td>4.32% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>30,110 </td> <td>12.64% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 238,267 people, 77,954 households, and 62,932 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 201,292 people, 67,864 households, and 54,019 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 194 people per square mile (75 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 45,695 housing units at an average density of 31.4 units per square mile (12.1 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 79.0% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 11.7% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 1.6% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 5.3% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.9% from two or more races. 10.4% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 67,864 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.60% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, and 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present. 6.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.3. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 32.90% under the age of 20, 4.7% from 20 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.2 years. The population was 49.4% male. Northern Union County has the southern foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_County_Government_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Union_County_Government_Center.jpg/220px-Union_County_Government_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Union_County_Government_Center.jpg/330px-Union_County_Government_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Union_County_Government_Center.jpg/440px-Union_County_Government_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2992" data-file-height="3990" /></a><figcaption>Union County Government Center in Monroe</figcaption></figure> <table role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td><strong>Historical presidential election returns</strong> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Union County, North Carolina<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">86,271 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">51,168 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.72% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,916 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">80,382 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.36%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48,725 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.19% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,904 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">66,707 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.10%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34,337 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,666 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">61,107 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32,473 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.28% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,148 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">54,123 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,189 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">777 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2004 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42,820 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,974 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.47% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">207 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31,876 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.59%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,890 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.57% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">395 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18,802 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.03%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,525 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,643 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,542 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,789 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.72% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,661 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1988 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17,015 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,820 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.06% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">61 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16,885 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>70.45%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,048 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.41% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,012 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,073 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.16%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">603 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,184 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,578 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.81%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,264 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,886 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">186 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,290 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>38.67%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,630 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.53% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,761 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,229 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,208 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.02%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,030 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,393 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.72%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,362 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.50% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,383 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,790 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,416 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.18%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">738 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.35% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,407 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.23%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">999 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,114 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,729 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>83.72%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1940 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">634 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8.11% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,179 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>91.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">601 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7.44% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,480 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>92.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1932 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">710 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10.33% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,103 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>88.84%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">57 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1928 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,448 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,840 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.71%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">672 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.62% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,721 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.45%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">32 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,404 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,168 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.80%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">702 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">20.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,662 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.04%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1912 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">92 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,786 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.87%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">476 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">834 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.13% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,029 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.87%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">379 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,181 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.75%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">864 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,790 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,009 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,747 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>72.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">572 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,798 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">830 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">879 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,067 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.78%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1884 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">627 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.35% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,846 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.65%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">824 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.21% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,516 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.79%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the early through mid-twentieth century, Union County was a firm "<a href="/wiki/Solid_South" title="Solid South">Solid South</a>" Democratic county. Union County remained traditionally "Solid South" until after the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a>. The first Republican to win the county was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with less than forty percent of the vote in a three-way race in 1968. Union County has followed much of the South in turning towards the Republican Party following Nixon's election. Native Southerner Jimmy Carter carried Union County twice, but he remains the last Democrat to carry the county, and no Democrat since 1980 has reached 40% of the county's vote. </p><p>Union County is a member of the regional <a href="/wiki/Councils_of_governments_in_North_Carolina" title="Councils of governments in North Carolina">Centralina Council of Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Piedmont_Community_College" title="South Piedmont Community College">South Piedmont Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Academy_of_Technology_and_Arts" title="Central Academy of Technology and Arts">Central Academy of Technology and Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuthbertson_High_School" title="Cuthbertson High School">Cuthbertson High School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Forest_Hills_High_School_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forest Hills High School (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Forest Hills High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Ridge_High_School" title="Marvin Ridge High School">Marvin Ridge High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metrolina_Christian_Academy" title="Metrolina Christian Academy">Metrolina Christian Academy</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monroecharteracademy.org">Monroe Charter Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkwood_High_School" title="Parkwood High School">Parkwood High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="Piedmont High School (North Carolina)">Piedmont High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Ridge_High_School" title="Porter Ridge High School">Porter Ridge High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Valley_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="Sun Valley High School (North Carolina)">Sun Valley High School</a></li> <li>Arborbrook Christian Academy</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tabernacle_Christian_School_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tabernacle Christian School (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Tabernacle Christian School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County_Early_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Union County Early College (page does not exist)">Union County Early College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Academy_(Monroe,_North_Carolina)" title="Union Academy (Monroe, North Carolina)">Union Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddington_High_School" title="Weddington High School">Weddington High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wingate_University" title="Wingate University">Wingate University</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiloh_Elementary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiloh Elementary (page does not exist)">Shiloh Elementary</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two major annual events occur in the county: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooklandwood" title="Brooklandwood">Brooklandwood</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mineral_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Mineral Springs, North Carolina">Mineral Springs</a> is the site of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Queens_Cup_Steeplechase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Queens Cup Steeplechase (page does not exist)">Queens Cup Steeplechase</a>, one of <a href="/wiki/Steeplechase_(horse_racing)" title="Steeplechase (horse racing)">steeplechase</a> horse racing's major annual events. The program consists of several races, and is held the last Saturday of April. The schedule of events also features a <a href="/wiki/Jack_Russell_Terrier" title="Jack Russell Terrier">Jack Russell Terrier</a> judging contest. Over 10,000 people typically attend the event.</li> <li>The Union County town of <a href="/wiki/Marshville,_North_Carolina" title="Marshville, North Carolina">Marshville</a> is the site of the Randy Travis <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boll_Weevil_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boll Weevil Festival (page does not exist)">Festival</a>, an annual street fair and carnival that takes place every fall.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/275px-Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" decoding="async" width="275" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/413px-Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/550px-Map_of_Union_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="514" /></a><figcaption>Map of Union County with municipal and township labels</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City">City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a> (county seat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairview_(town),_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairview (town), North Carolina">Fairview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemby_Bridge,_North_Carolina" title="Hemby Bridge, North Carolina">Hemby Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a> (largest community)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshville,_North_Carolina" title="Marshville, North Carolina">Marshville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Mineral Springs, North Carolina">Mineral Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stallings,_North_Carolina" title="Stallings, North Carolina">Stallings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionville,_North_Carolina" title="Unionville, North Carolina">Unionville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddington,_North_Carolina" title="Weddington, North Carolina">Weddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wingate,_North_Carolina" title="Wingate, North Carolina">Wingate</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Villages">Villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Park,_North_Carolina" title="Lake Park, North Carolina">Lake Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin,_North_Carolina" title="Marvin, North Carolina">Marvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Chapel,_North_Carolina" title="Wesley Chapel, North Carolina">Wesley Chapel</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Townships">Townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Creek_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Goose Creek Township, Union County, North Carolina">Goose Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson Township, Union County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshville_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Marshville Township, Union County, North Carolina">Marshville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe Township, Union County, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Salem_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Salem Township, Union County, North Carolina">New Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Vance Township, Union County, North Carolina">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buford_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buford Township, Union County, North Carolina">Buford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanes_Creek_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lanes Creek Township, Union County, North Carolina">Lanes Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Ridge_Township,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Sandy Ridge Township, Union County, North Carolina">Sandy Ridge</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_place">Census-designated place</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Census-designated place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JAARS,_North_Carolina" title="JAARS, North Carolina">JAARS</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brief,_North_Carolina" title="Brief, North Carolina">Brief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson, Union County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Salem,_North_Carolina" title="New Salem, North Carolina">New Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Branch,_North_Carolina" title="Olive Branch, North Carolina">Olive Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roughedge,_North_Carolina" title="Roughedge, North Carolina">Roughedge</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghost_town">Ghost town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Ghost town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar,_North_Carolina" title="Gibraltar, North Carolina">Gibraltar</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">List of counties in North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, North Carolina">National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Oaks,_North_Carolina" title="Brandon Oaks, North Carolina">Brandon Oaks, North Carolina</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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class="mw-redirect" title="City (North Carolina)">City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/North_Carolina_Map_Highlighting_Union_County.PNG/180px-North_Carolina_Map_Highlighting_Union_County.PNG" decoding="async" width="180" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/North_Carolina_Map_Highlighting_Union_County.PNG/270px-North_Carolina_Map_Highlighting_Union_County.PNG 1.5x, 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Carolina">Marshville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Mineral Springs, North Carolina">Mineral Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stallings,_North_Carolina" title="Stallings, North Carolina">Stallings</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionville,_North_Carolina" title="Unionville, North Carolina">Unionville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddington,_North_Carolina" title="Weddington, North Carolina">Weddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wingate,_North_Carolina" title="Wingate, North Carolina">Wingate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Village_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Village (North Carolina)">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Park,_North_Carolina" title="Lake Park, North Carolina">Lake Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin,_North_Carolina" title="Marvin, North Carolina">Marvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Chapel,_North_Carolina" title="Wesley Chapel, North Carolina">Wesley Chapel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JAARS,_North_Carolina" title="JAARS, North Carolina">JAARS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brief,_North_Carolina" title="Brief, North Carolina">Brief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_North_Carolina" title="Houston, North Carolina">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson, Union County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Salem,_North_Carolina" title="New Salem, North Carolina">New Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Branch,_North_Carolina" title="Olive Branch, North Carolina">Olive Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roughedge,_North_Carolina" title="Roughedge, North Carolina">Roughedge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar,_North_Carolina" title="Gibraltar, North Carolina">Gibraltar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:North_Carolina_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:North Carolina (state)"><span>North Carolina portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Charlotte_metropolitan_area" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte/Metrolina" title="Template:Charlotte/Metrolina"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Charlotte/Metrolina" title="Template talk:Charlotte/Metrolina"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Charlotte/Metrolina" 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Carolina">Anson</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catawba_County,_North_Carolina" title="Catawba County, North Carolina">Catawba</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chester County, South Carolina">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_South_Carolina" title="Chesterfield County, South Carolina">Chesterfield</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gaston County, North Carolina">Gaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iredell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Iredell County, North Carolina">Iredell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster County, South Carolina">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Rowan County, North Carolina">Rowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanly_County,_North_Carolina" title="Stanly County, North Carolina">Stanly</a>‡</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_South_Carolina" title="York County, South Carolina">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg/100px-Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg/150px-Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg/200px-Bank_of_America_Corporate_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1524" data-file-height="2032" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Major_city" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Major city</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Municipalities_and_CDPs_in_the_Charlotte_metropolitan_area" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Municipalities and CDPs in the Charlotte metropolitan area</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">50k–100k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rock_Hill,_South_Carolina" title="Rock Hill, South Carolina">Rock Hill</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20k–50k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina" title="Fort Mill, South Carolina">Fort Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina">Shelby</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5k–20k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_North_Carolina" title="Belmont, North Carolina">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessemer_City,_North_Carolina" title="Bessemer City, North Carolina">Bessemer City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheraw,_South_Carolina" title="Cheraw, South Carolina">Cheraw</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherryville,_North_Carolina" title="Cherryville, North Carolina">Cherryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_South_Carolina" title="Chester, South Carolina">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conover,_North_Carolina" title="Conover, North Carolina">Conover</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Norman_of_Catawba,_North_Carolina" title="Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina">Lake Norman of Catawba</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster, South Carolina">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnton,_North_Carolina" title="Lincolnton, North Carolina">Lincolnton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Holly,_North_Carolina" title="Mount Holly, North Carolina">Mount Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pageland,_South_Carolina" title="Pageland, South Carolina">Pageland</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineville,_North_Carolina" title="Pineville, North Carolina">Pineville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stallings,_North_Carolina" title="Stallings, North Carolina">Stallings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="South Gastonia, North Carolina">South Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Stephens,_North_Carolina" title="St. Stephens, North Carolina">St. Stephens</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionville,_North_Carolina" title="Unionville, North Carolina">Unionville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadesboro,_North_Carolina" title="Wadesboro, North Carolina">Wadesboro</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddington,_North_Carolina" title="Weddington, North Carolina">Weddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Chapel,_North_Carolina" title="Wesley Chapel, North Carolina">Wesley Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_South_Carolina" title="York, South Carolina">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Bold</b> = principal metro cities</li> <li>‡ = places and counties part of CSA</li> <li>¶ = sometimes included in metropolitan</li></ul> 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_North_Carolina%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of North Carolina–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_North_Carolina" title="Climate of North Carolina">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_North_Carolina" title="Geography of North Carolina">Geography</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_North_Carolina" title="Category:Lakes of North Carolina">lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Reservoirs_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Reservoirs in North Carolina">reserviors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_North_Carolina" title="List of rivers of North Carolina">rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks" title="List of North Carolina state parks">state parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_North_Carolina" title="Wildlife of North Carolina">wildlife</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina" title="History of North Carolina">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">colonial era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina#American_Revolution" title="History of North Carolina">American Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_War_of_1812" title="North Carolina in the War of 1812">War of 1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="North Carolina in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Mass media in North Carolina">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_North_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in North Carolina">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of radio stations in North Carolina">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of television stations in North Carolina">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_North_Carolina" title="List of people from North Carolina">North Carolinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_North_Carolina" title="Politics of North Carolina">Politics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_North_Carolina" title="Government of North Carolina">government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_North_Carolina" title="Law of North Carolina">law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_symbols" title="List of North Carolina state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Tourist attractions in North Carolina">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_North_Carolina" title="Abortion in North Carolina">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_North_Carolina" title="Culture of North Carolina">Culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Carolina" title="Music of North Carolina">music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_North_Carolina" title="Sports in North Carolina">sports</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_North_Carolina" title="Climate change in North Carolina">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_North_Carolina" title="Crime in North Carolina">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Carolina" title="Demographics of North Carolina">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_North_Carolina" title="Economy of North Carolina">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina#Education" title="North Carolina">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Carolina" title="Elections in North Carolina">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_North_Carolina" title="Gambling in North Carolina">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Carolina" title="Gun laws in North Carolina">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in North Carolina">LGBT rights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#North_Carolina" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#Foothills" title="Western North Carolina">Foothills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#High_Country" title="Western North Carolina">High Country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_North_Carolina" title="Central North Carolina">Piedmont</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Metrolina (Charlotte)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Piedmont Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Triangle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_North_Carolina" title="Eastern North Carolina">Eastern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(region)" title="Cape Fear (region)">Cape Fear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Coast" title="Crystal Coast">Crystal Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Banks" title="Inner Banks">Inner Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#Largest_cities" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston‑Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#A" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina" title="Asheboro, North Carolina">Asheboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrboro,_North_Carolina" title="Carrboro, North Carolina">Carrboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons,_North_Carolina" title="Clemmons, North Carolina">Clemmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuquay-Varina,_North_Carolina" title="Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina">Fuquay-Varina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_North_Carolina" title="Jacksonville, North Carolina">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kernersville,_North_Carolina" title="Kernersville, North Carolina">Kernersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinston,_North_Carolina" title="Kinston, North Carolina">Kinston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland,_North_Carolina" title="Leland, North Carolina">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_North_Carolina" title="Lexington, North Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrisville,_North_Carolina" title="Morrisville, North Carolina">Morrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina" title="New Bern, North Carolina">New Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford,_North_Carolina" title="Sanford, North Carolina">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina" title="Thomasville, North Carolina">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson, North Carolina">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Towns_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Towns in North Carolina">Major towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden,_North_Carolina" title="Eden, North Carolina">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_North_Carolina" title="Graham, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_North_Carolina" title="Hendersonville, North Carolina">Hendersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Mills,_North_Carolina" title="Hope Mills, North Carolina">Hope Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisville,_North_Carolina" title="Lewisville, North Carolina">Lewisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberton,_North_Carolina" title="Lumberton, North Carolina">Lumberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morganton,_North_Carolina" title="Morganton, North Carolina">Morganton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_North_Carolina" title="Morehead City, North Carolina">Morehead City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reidsville,_North_Carolina" title="Reidsville, North Carolina">Reidsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Rapids,_North_Carolina" title="Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina">Roanoke Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_North_Carolina" title="Smithfield, North Carolina">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pines,_North_Carolina" title="Southern Pines, North Carolina">Southern Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_North_Carolina" title="Tarboro, North Carolina">Tarboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina" title="Winterville, North Carolina">Winterville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alamance County, North Carolina">Alamance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alexander County, North Carolina">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alleghany County, North Carolina">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Ashe County, North Carolina">Ashe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Avery County, North Carolina">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, North Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bertie County, North Carolina">Bertie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bladen County, North Carolina">Bladen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Burke County, North Carolina">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caldwell County, North Carolina">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina" title="Carteret County, North Carolina">Carteret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caswell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caswell County, North Carolina">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catawba_County,_North_Carolina" title="Catawba County, North Carolina">Catawba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chatham County, North Carolina">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chowan County, North Carolina">Chowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_North_Carolina" title="Clay County, North Carolina">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Columbus County, North Carolina">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_County,_North_Carolina" title="Craven County, North Carolina">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cumberland County, North Carolina">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina" title="Currituck County, North Carolina">Currituck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina" title="Dare County, North Carolina">Dare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson County, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davie County, North Carolina">Davie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Duplin County, North Carolina">Duplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina">Edgecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina" title="Forsyth County, North Carolina">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gaston County, North Carolina">Gaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gates County, North Carolina">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Graham County, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_County,_North_Carolina" title="Granville County, North Carolina">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_North_Carolina" title="Greene County, North Carolina">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Guilford County, North Carolina">Guilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina" title="Halifax County, North Carolina">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina" title="Harnett County, North Carolina">Harnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hertford County, North Carolina">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hoke County, North Carolina">Hoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hyde County, North Carolina">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iredell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Iredell County, North Carolina">Iredell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Johnston County, North Carolina">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jones County, North Carolina">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lee County, North Carolina">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir County, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_North_Carolina" title="Macon County, North Carolina">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Martin County, North Carolina">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina" title="McDowell County, North Carolina">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mitchell County, North Carolina">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Montgomery County, North Carolina">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_North_Carolina" title="Moore County, North Carolina">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina">New Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_North_Carolina" title="Northampton County, North Carolina">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onslow_County,_North_Carolina" title="Onslow County, North Carolina">Onslow</a></li> <li><a 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