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Iredell County (/ ˈaɪɜːrdɛl / EYE-ur-del) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. [ 3 ] . Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest community is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, subtracted from Rowan County.
Sep 17, 2023 · This is true of all rural North Carolina. In Iredell the change has been accompanied by a shift in agriculture from row crops such as cotton and tobacco to livestock and the grain to feed them, and Iredell has become the state’s outstanding cattle county.
Annexed from Rowan County in 1788, Iredell County was named in honor of James Iredell, North Carolina attorney general and one of the first Supreme Court appointees. Iredell was an offshoot of Eyredale, meaning “a valley of flowing air.”
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Mildred J. Miller's Map of Early Iredell Settlers, dated 1988 copy and details furnished by Donald Anderson Mildred Jenkins Miller (1932-2011) went to the Rowan County Library, History Room and there worked with Gretchen Whitt, the local history librarian and Mildred read, studied all land deeds of land that fell in Iredell County after 1788. She t...
To see bigger images click one of the links below. (Some images are currently missing) Iredell County Populated Places 1808 Iredell County Early Settlers Map, part 1 Iredell County Early Settlers Map, part 2 Iredell County Early Settlers Map, part 3 Iredell County Early Settlers Map, part 4
The following is an index of names and places identified in this map and was compliled by Donald Anderson. The date for persons is the date of the first deed from Mildred Miller's original map. Dates of organization of churches and dates of establishment of post offices have been inserted, also, to help develop a chronology. The columns are sortabl...
James Iredell never lived or visited Iredell County. The county was named in his honor due to his prominence as a famous North Carolinian. James Iredell was a North Carolina judge who lived in the Edenton, North Carolina area where he made his home.
Both large and small farms are notable for single and double-crib log barns of the 19th c. The county possesses exceptional country churches and churchyards distinguished by locally carved gravestones, beautiful dry-laid stone walls, and iron gates.
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Iredell County Education, Geography, and History. Iredell County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 159,437. Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest town is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, annexed from Rowan County.
