Cleveland County

Region: Piedmont
County Seat: Shelby(1843)
Population: 96,287¹
Towns & Cities: Belwood, Boiling Springs, Casar, Earl, Fallston, Grover, Kings Mountain, Lattimore, Lawndale, Mooresboro, Patterson Springs, Polkville, Wace

Cleveland County was formed in 1841 from Rutherford and Lincoln counties. It is in the southwestern section of the state and is bounded by the state of South Carolina and Rutherford, Burke, Lincoln, and Gaston counties.²

Additional County History

Cleveland County is nestled in the rolling piedmont of the southwestern portion of North Carolina situated in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Cleveland county is the gateway between Asheville and Charlotte and centered between two of the largest metropolitan areas of the Carolinas-- Charlotte and Greenville/Spartanburg.³


	Education (2)
	Government & Community Bodies (3)

¹ Population figures from Census Bureau Home Page for the 2000 Census.
² Facts gathered from State Library of North Carolina.
³ Facts gathered from Cleveland County Governent Web Site.

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The North Carolina State Flag bears the state colors or red, white and blue.

The Flag bears two dates in its blue field on the left. May 20, 1775 was the year North Carolina signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was issued and April 12, 1776 is the date of the Halifax Resolves. North Carolina was the first colony to declare its independence from England well before July 4, 1776.