Official website for the Mecklenburg County Government. The Mecklenburg County Government serves the communities of Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, Pineville, and all unincorporated regions within the County.

Fiercely independent and wanting to remain that way, the leading citizens of Mecklenburg County drafted the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in 1775. Gold was discovered around 1800, and Mecklenburg soon became the location for the Charlotte Mint.

The principle city of Mecklenburg County is Charlotte, founded in 1768. Today Charlotte is the largest city in the two Carolinas, but it was a small country village up to the time of the Civil War.

Introduction: Mecklenburg County’s identity is inextricably tied to Charlotte, the region’s economic engine. Given the dominance of Charlotte, however, it’s all too easy to equate Mecklenburg County’s image entirely with the Carolinas’ largest city.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released third-quarter crime statistics. They show overall decreases despite a rash of high-profile incidents in uptown. From January through September, ...

If a situation or event happens to someone or something, it has an effect on that person or thing:

as it happens/happened used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what somebody else has just said I agree with you, as it happens. As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office.

When something happens, it occurs or is done without being planned. Tell me what happened.

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened) (intransitive) To occur or take place.