Charlotte

When Did Charlotte Become A Big City?

In 1910, Charlotte surpassed Wilmington to become North Carolina’s largest city with 34,014 residents. When did Charlotte become popular? By the 1920s, this part of the Carolinas—from Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina to Winston-Salem and Durham in North Carolina—surpassed New England to become the nation’s top cotton manufacturing district. Charlotte blossomed as the trading …

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What Made Charlotte Grow?

Reasons for choosing Charlotte included cost of living, quality of life and job availability. Because of this, Charlotte jumped from being the 17th city to the 16th city in the United States by population, making us the fifth-fastest-growing city in the country. How has that growth impacted city government? What caused Charlotte to grow? The …

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