Mooresville
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town in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Iredell
- Established
- March 3, 1873
- Named after
- John Franklin Moore
- Type
- Council-Manager government
- Mayor
- Chris Carney
- Town manager
- Tracey Jerome
- Town commission
- Eddie Dingler, (Ward 1) William Aven , (Ward 2) Tommy DeWeese, (Ward 3) Lisa Qualls, (Ward 4) Eddie Karriker, (At Large) Gary West, (At Large)
- Total
- 26.58 sq mi (68.84 km )
- Land
- 26.51 sq mi (68.66 km )
- Water
- 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km )
- Elevation
- 840 ft (260 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 52,656
- Density
- 1,890/sq mi (731/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 28115, 28117
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mooresville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iredell County
- Population
- 50193
- Area
- 54.344809
- Elevation
- 282
- Official website
- www.ci.mooresville.nc.us
- Image
- Mooresville Historic District (Main Street).jpg
- Households
- 14729
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- twinned administrative body
- Hockenheim
- postal code
- 28117
- Commons category
- Mooresville, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.2427
- per capita income
- 34982
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Charlotte metropolitan area
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Encyclopedic overview
Mooresville is a town located in the southwestern section of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, and is a part of the fast-growing Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 50,193 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous municipality in Iredell County. It is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of Charlotte.
Mooresville is best known as the home of many NASCAR racing teams and drivers, along with an IndyCar team and its drivers, as well as racing technology suppliers, which has earned the town the nickname "Race City USA". Also located in Mooresville is the corporate headquarters of Lowe's Corporation and Universal Technical Institute's NASCAR Technical Institute.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mooresville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.