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Cleveland County
Also known as Cleveland County, North Carolina, Cleveland County, NC
county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Benjamin Cleveland
- Seat
- Shelby
- Largest community
- Shelby
- Total
- 468.18 sq mi (1,212.6 km )
- Land
- 464.25 sq mi (1,202.4 km )
- Water
- 3.93 sq mi (10.2 km ) 0.84%
- Estimate 2025
- 103,325
- Density
- 214.37/sq mi (82.767/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
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Cleveland County is a county located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the western Piedmont, on the southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,519. Its county seat is Shelby. Cleveland County comprises the Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area.
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