Battle of McIntyre’s Farm

The Battle of McIntyre’s Farm, also known as the Battle of the Bees, was a Revolutionary War incident close to the southern edge of Huntersville. The British set out, with over 400 troops, on a foraging expedition in the area of McIntyre&apo...

Water and Sewer System

The Board of Commissioners approved a water and sewage system to be built for the town in 1927.  The Town transferred ownership of the sewer system to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department in 1984 and the water system in 1987.

Electric Service

The Town's first electric lighting system was in 1916.  It received power from Southern Power Company and the transformers were housed at the Anchor Mill.  In 1978 Huntersville became a Public Power Community owning and operatin...

Telephone Service

In 1901 Gaston Telephone Co was granted the right to erect telephone lines within Huntersville corporate limits.  In 1902 Huntersville Telephone Co was granted the right to erect telephone lines in the incorporated areas of Huntersville. &nbs...

Charles Columbus Erwin

Charles Columbus Erwin was the principal of Huntersville High School when he was 18 years old - from 1918 to 1920.  He went on to become the Superintendent of Schools for Rowan County and also has a middle school named after him.

Huntersville High School

Huntersville High School was founded in 1879 by Reverend William H and Lula May Hunter Orr. It was located in the vicinity of Huntersville Elementary School and after it was destroyed by fire in 1929 it merged with Grey School.  The school boaste...

Kate Ranson Cornue

Kate Ranson Cornue was a native to Huntersville and was involved in the Huntersville Woman's Club, Huntersville ARP Church, and wrote for the Mecklenburg Gazette. Cornue was the first white teacher to volunteer to teach in black only schools and ...

Hopewell Presbyterian Church

Hopewell Presbyterian Church located on Beatties Ford Rd was founded in 1762 and is one of the oldest churches in the Huntersville area.  Hopewell’s founder was Richard Barry and Reverend Samuel C. Caldwell was the first permanent pasto...

Hambright Road

Hambright Road is named for the descendants of Colonel Frederick Hambright's family who owned large parcels of land there.  Hambright fought in the Revolutionary War and distinguished himself as a Commander at the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Prison Camp

The State built a prison camp off Mt-Holly-Huntersville Road in 1930.  Through the years it housed low-security inmates (who worked as road crews or "chain gangs"), medium security and work-release inmates.  It closed in 1998 a...

Central Piedmont Community College - Merancas Campus

The Meancas Campus (originally named the North Area Learning Center) opened in August 1990 as their first permanent satellite campus. It was renamed to "Merancas" after longtime donors Casey and Anke Mermans and their family's Merancas ...

1890 to 2020 Population

Huntersville had 431 people on it's first census in 1890.   The most significant increase was between 1990 (5,013) and 2000 (16,371).  The current census for 2020 has the Town's population at 61,376 - which is a 99.3% i...

Bonnie Henderson

Bonnie Henderson worked for the Town's post office for over 40 years.  Henderson retired in 1965 after being the the postmistress for 28 of years and was one of the first women postmasters in Mecklenburg County.

Robert "Bud" Henderson

Bud Henderson Road is named after Robert "Bud" Henderson who owned a 700-acre farm in/near Huntersville and owned Ingleside Plantation from 1905-1945.  He served on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners from 1924-1928. Henderson...

Reverend John Grier

Reverend John Grier served as pastor of Huntersville and Ramah Presbyterian churches. At his retirement in 1955 he had served longer than all of his predecessors combined, a total of 47 years. He continued to fill the pulpit even after retirement serving ...

Southwire "Tower of Power"

Southwire's 430 foot "Tower of Power" is used to dry the insulating coating of high-voltage electrical wiring.  It takes approximately six hours for the cable to travel from the very top to the bottom of the tower.  Th...

Carolina Renaissance Festival

The Carolina Renaissance Festival was established in 1994 on six acres and has now grown into a twenty-five acre theme park "filled with charming cottages and castles, kitchens and pubs, and a most unusual collection of people powered rides, games of...

Julius Abernethy

Abernathy Park, located at 14813 Glendale Drive, is named for Julius Abernethy.  The land was deeded to the Town by Trenton Cotton Mills, in 1959, to be specifically used as a park and named after the mill owner.  The 2 acre park has a b...

Nate Bowman

Nate Bowman proudly has called Huntersville home since graduating from Davidson College. He and his family have created housing in the Lake Norman area for over 35 years and have been a regional leader for traditional neighborhood development. Vermillion,...

Lonnie Hager

Lonnie Hager was the first Town Manager of Huntersville in 1973.  Hager started as the Town Clerk in 1961 and after being manager, continued his involvement with the town as a commissioner in 1981.  Hager built the "Star of Mecklenb...

Beatties Ford Road

Beatties Ford Road is the only roadway in the western part of Huntersville that provides a continuous north-south transportation route from NC 73 into central Charlotte between I-77 and the Catawba River.  It was named for John Beatty, who was on...

James Knox

Captain James Knox served with Mecklenburg County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution participating in skirmishes at Hanging Rock and Battles of the Bees. He lived in Mecklenburg County and is buried in the Hopewell Church Ceme...

Cashion's Quick Stop

Cashion's Quick Stop was opened in 1961 by Robert and Louise Cashion as Huntersville's first air-conditioned grocery store. The business remained a grocery store until 1971 when it became a convenience store and began selling gas. The na...

Frank Penninger

Frank Penninger owned Penninger's Flowers & Gifts from 1972 to 1994.  It first opened on Mullen St (now Maxwell Ave) then moved to Gilead Rd.  Frank was also a church organist and choir director at St Mark's Episcop...

Tabor's Inn

Tabor's Inn, located at Statesville and Hambright Roads, was the first business between Charlotte and Cornelius when it was opened in 1960 by William Tabor.  The motel had 10 rooms and advertised for its restaurant’s takeout ab...

Greenfield Park Neighborhood

Greenfield Park neighborhood, bordered by Old Statesville Road and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, was developed under the Town's first planning and zoning ordinance and is the oldest neighborhood in Huntersville. Originally named Ranson’s...

Louis Kiser Seay

Louise Seay was a longtime member of the Huntersville Woman's Club and helped organize the Junior Woman's Club.  Seay was also president of the Huntersville-North Mecklenburg Civic Association (which formed in 1985) whose focus ...

Huntersville Woman's Club

The Huntersville Woman's Club (now known as the North Mecklenburg Woman's Club) was one of the Town's earliest civic groups.  Volunteers supported a variety of community service projects, fundraisers and collection driv...

Virgin Cotton Mill

In 1891 Virgin Cotton Mill erected a mill and before it opened in 1894 was sold to Anchor Mills.  The mill, a major employer of the area and key to its growth, originally manufactured yarns and later textile housewares.  Throughout its o...

Bradford Store

William Bradford was a well-known cotton farmer in the Ramah community who opened the Bradford Store in 1911.  In addition to the general store, businesses like his cotton gin, blacksmith shop, and sawmill made the farm a community center. Bradfo...

Caldwell Berry

Caldwell Berry was an African American tenant farmer who owned 81 acres where he raised various animals and grew vegetables including sugar cane. Berry was active in his community and was treasurer and president for local fairs.  He was also invo...

Latta Place

Latta Place is a historic house located in Latta Nature Preserve, which is the largest nature preserve in Mecklenburg County at over 1,460 acres.  The house, built around 1800 was once part of a James Latta’s cotton plantation. &nbs...

Old Huntersville Jail

The old Huntersville jail was built in 1936, making it the oldest surviving municipal building in the town. A budget of $750 was dedicated towards building the 600 square foot brick building which housed two cells with space to sleep 5 inmates. Today the ...

Emanuel Wilson

Emanuel Wilson is a Green Bay Packers running back rookie who graduated from North Mecklenburg High School in 2017. Wilson went to Fort Valley State University, where he played football and became their first 1,000-yard rusher since 2004. He has been name...

Agricultural Education (Ag) Buildings

The Agricultural Education (Ag) Buildings are historic sites built in 1938.  They are located on the Huntersville and Long Creek Elementary School campuses (previously high school campuses). These buildings were used to teach boys about crops and...

Hello Huntersville Festival

Hello Huntersville is an art and music festival that highlights local and regional area artists and musicians. The event was originally designed in 1993 to shine a light on local businesses and that year included a forum for Board of Commissioner...

Christopher O. Barnes

Christopher O. Barnes is a scientist who has studied the structure of the coronavirus spike protein and the antibodies that attack them. He grew up in Huntersville and completed in Science Olympiad while attending North Mecklenburg High School. Barnes was...

Mecklenburg Resolves

The Mecklenburg Resolves were a radical set of resolutions which denied the authority of British Parliament over the colonies and invested that power in the?Provincial Congress.  Thomas Polk let the committee that adopted these resolutions on May...

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (Meck Dec)

Prominent citizens of Mecklenburg County allegedly signed a formal declaration of independence (Meck Dec) on May 20, 1775.  This document was a step toward independence from the United Kingdom before the rest of the nation.  The validity...

Mecklenburg Sanitorium

The Mecklenburg Sanitorium was opened in 1926 and featured 120 beds to treat tuberculosis patients. It had operating rooms used for surgeries, especially after Dr. Hillis Seay became the Sanitorium's head. In the spring of 1961, county commissioners voted...

Ice House

Built in 1900, the Town’s icehouse was the location of two freezers where ice was stored after being made in a nearby building. The ice was sold out of the house, which was run by Mr. Brown.  By the mid-twentieth century, refrigerators made ice h...

John and Alice McAuley

John Ellis McAuley was a reputable craftsman and homebuilder in the Hopewell area of Huntersville. McAuley constructed at least 10 homes in the area, and even St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (including the bricks). After his father passed in 1909, McAuley inh...

Samuel Monroe Furr

Samuel Monroe Furr was a well-known dairy farmer who sold his land in contribution to the area that would soon become Lake Norman, leading to water covering most of his farm. Sam Furr Road, named after him, ends at what was once his property line. Furr wa...

Duke Energy’s McGuire Nuclear Station

Duke Energy’s McGuire Nuclear Station has produced hundreds of millions of megawatt-hours of electricity for the community and is the largest employer to Huntersville residents. McGuire is also home to the EnergyExplorium, which features a one-mile wooded...

John J Young, Sr

John J Young, Sr was a “prosperous and well-liked farmer from the area” who was heavily involved with the Bethesda community’s social growth. He is believed to be the constructor of Bethesda School in approximately 1898 and continued to help by ensuring f...

Grey School

The Grey School, originally called the McClintock School, was a well-known and sought-after school that students from all over the country would attend. The institution was originally located in the grove of the original Huntersville Presbyterian Church, ...

Dove’s Tire Service

Dove’s Tire Service is a family-owned business originally started in 1965 by Jimmie Dove and Oscar Hunt with evening hours only. They later expanded to full time hours by 1970 in their shop, located at the intersection of NC 115 and McCord Road. Dove’s wi...

Holly Bend

Holly Bend is a plantation house originally built by Robert Davidson between 1795 and 1800 on 420 acres. The structure is on the National Register of Historic Places for its impressive and elegant interior finishes still intact today. Sometimes called “Ho...

Reverend Jeffrey Lowrance

Reverend Jeffrey Lowrance served as pastor for Hopewell Presbyterian Church, from 1993 until his death in 2007, and under his leadership Hopewell was added to the National Register of Historical Places.   Rev. Lowrance was a local historian and p...

McCoy Slave Cemetery

The McCoy Slave Cemetery, located on McCoy Road, has been trusted to St Mark’s Episcopal Church for its care and upkeep since the 1940’s, per Albert McCoy’s will.  The cemetery has the remains of McCoy family slaves who died between 1840 and 1890...

Midas Spring Water

Midas Spring Water is located off Beatties Ford Rd and was founded in 1871.  Midas is recognized as the oldest company in Mecklenburg County and is one of the first bottled water companies in the continental United States.

Joe Harvey Hunt

Joe Harvey Hunt taught history and coached baseball at North Mecklenburg High School and finished his career as principal there.  He was inducted into the North Mecklenburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 2020.  Mr. Hunt was a deacon and Sunday...

Sarah McAulay

Sarah McAulay has been a public servant for the Town of Huntersville and the northern Mecklenburg County region for more than 40 years. Sarah served the Town as Mayor for 10 years and as a Board of Commissioners member for an additional 14 years. McAulay ...

River Jason Ryan

River Jason Ryan is a professional baseball player and joins his brother, father, uncle, and great-uncle in the family lineage of professional players. He played baseball at North Mecklenburg High School where he was coached by his father. Ryan was drafte...

Mongai Fankam

While a student at Blythe Elementary, Mongai Fankam launched the No Backpack Day movement to raise awareness of the millions of children who walk to school with their books in their hands or in plastic bags. The program now has 40 schools through...

Dr. William Speight McLean Davidson

Dr. William Speight McLean Davidson was a prominent physician and farmer. He received his B.A. from Davidson College in 1840, as a member of its first graduating class. Davidson’s medical practice extended from Long Creek to the Iredell County line and he...

Jim Warren

Jim Warren started at the Carolina Raptor Center as Chief Operating Officer in 2006. In 2011, he became Executive Director and led the Raptor Center to become one of the most highly respected and largest raptor hospitals in the United States. In partnersh...

Monsignor Joseph A. Kerin

Monsignor Joseph A. Kerin was the founding pastor of St. Mark Catholic Church where he served until his retirement in 2003. His legacy of priestly service, first in the Diocese of Raleigh and then in the Diocese of Charlotte, spanned 57 years. He was the ...

Tastee Freez

In 1972, the Hager family opened Tastee Freez. It was a family business with every member being part of the team. Tastee Freez was the only place to stop to eat between Charlotte and Lake Norman and the restaurant was best known for its foot-long hot dogs...

The Oasis

The Oasis, "Where It's Always Cool" opened in September 1977 in Bay Shore Plaza. The vision of Terry Dewese, a life-long resident of the area, The Oasis became a successful retail store when Huntersville’s population was only 3,000 residents. Wh...

Jill Swain

Jill Swain served the Huntersville community in many capacities. She was elected to the town board in 1999, served four two-year terms as a commissioner, and then was elected mayor in 2007, serving four two-year terms until 2015. She was the founder and e...

Mary Jane Hastings

Mary Jane Hastings is the oldest living known resident of Huntersville. She turns 103 years old on May 7. In 2021, Hastings made the decision to move from New York to Huntersville to be closer to her children and grandchildren. Even at 103 years old, she ...

Renee Mary Jane Rapp

Renee Mary Jane Rapp is an award-winning actress and singer who has performed on Broadway in the role of Regina George in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, Mean Girls. She was born in Huntersville and attended Hopewell High School for th...

Thomas Lucky "Cap" Ward

Thomas Lucky "Cap" Ward served in World War II, where he received a Purple Heart with oak leaf clusters for being wounded, and a Bronze Star for helping save his wounded boat mates. In 1951, he became the principal of Huntersville Elementary and...

Joey Logano

Joey Logano is a two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion and Huntersville resident. Away from the racetrack, the Joey Logano Foundation has contributed more than $5 million to organizations that provide second chances to kids and young adults in crisis. In ad...

Rev. Spurgeon M. Dorton

Spurgeon Dorton served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After leaving the service and working in the field of education for several years, he was called to the ministry. Rev. Dorton served several churches throughout his career, particularly First Ba...

Gina Michelle Stewart

Gina Michelle Stewart is a fourth-generation Huntersville native and a graduate of North Mecklenburg High School. She is an actor and entrepreneur with vast experience in film, television, voiceover, and theater roles. Stewart is also a singer/songwriter ...

Ethelyn Plummer Fite

Ethelyn Plummer Fite was a member of First Baptist Church-Huntersville for 84 years. In 1997, she was honored for teaching Bible Study and serving on many boards and committees for 58 years. Fite retired from the U.S. Post Office in Huntersville after 27 ...

Janelle Harris

Janelle Harris is an active member of the Pottstown Community. She hosts monthly community meetings, collaborated with Angels & Sparrows to secure a $3,000 grant for community members to pay tax bills, coordinates medical, residential, and financial p...

Albert McCoy

Albert McCoy was the great-grandson of John McKnitt Alexander, who signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and great-nephew of Major John Davidson, namesake of Davidson College. In 1886, he built his home on McCoy Road and was instrumental in ...

Dakota Wright

Dakota Wright produces content on TikTok for his community of nearly three-quarters of a million followers that admire his positive relationship with food and honest opinions. In 2022, he was named one of the social media platforms’ Trailblazers...

Jimmy Wayne “Pepsi” Henson

Jimmy Wayne “Pepsi” Henson earned his nickname from his first job working on a Pepsi truck and stocking stores and vending machines. He was regularly seen hanging out at Cashion’s Quick Stop handing out kind greetings to all....

Luke Combs

Luke Combs began performing as a child, most notably performing a solo at Carnegie Hall. Originally from Huntersville, he played his first country music show in Boone while a student at Appalachian State University. Combs is now a multi-platinum, award-wi...

Rev. Alexander Craighead

Rev. Alexander Craighead was an itinerant Presbyterian minister in the North Mecklenburg area. He preached to congregations to resist threats to their independence and was a vocal critic of King George III and the Church of England. One of the earliest na...

Luke Maye

Luke Maye is an American professional basketball player for Covirán Granada of the Spanish basketball league. He played basketball at Hough High School in Cornelius and at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Growing up, Maye spent time playing w...

Howard Augustine “Humpy” Wheeler

Howard Augustine “Humpy” Wheeler served as President and General Manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway (Lowes Motor Speedway) for more than 30 years. This NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee lived in Huntersville for many years, performed the voice of Tex in the D...

Dr. Thomas Craven

Dr. Thomas Craven was a veteran of both World Wars, serving in the first World War as a Captain in the Medical Corps and attaining the rank of Colonel in the second war. He served as Huntersville’s mayor for seven terms and later as a commission...

John Frank Lytle

John Frank Lytle was born into slavery but became a prominent farmer and businessman. His farm grew cotton and corn and he owned a great deal of land. Lytle was key in developing educational opportunities for African American children and in 1926 built th...

Benny Reeder

Benny Reeder is a self-taught welder and artist. His whimsical yard art has been a fixture outside of his home on Gilead Road since he began creating art out of scrap metal in the early 1990s. Utilizing materials such as old shopping carts, golf clubs, di...

David Harris Gant

David Harris “Harry” Gant grew up working with his family at their sawmill. After serving in the US Navy during World War II, he began his brick-laying career. Gant started his own masonry company, McCord & Gant, with business partner and friend, Dave...

William "Bill" Fite Auten

William "Bill" Fite Auten served as Huntersville's Postmaster for 20 years. Known for his extravagant Christmas light display at his home on Hillcrest Drive, he was also a faithful supporter of the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry. 

Scoutmaster Larry Banks

Larry Banks has served as Scoutmaster of Troop 19, based at Huntersville Presbyterian Church, since 1988. During his 34-year tenure, the Troop has registered more than 525 Scouts, with 165 having earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Scoutmaster Banks has grown...

Metrolina Greenhouses

Metrolina Greenhouses has been part of Huntersville's "landscape" for more than 50 years. Founded by Tom and Vickie VanWingerden who immigrated from the Netherlands in 1971, their initial 20,000-square-foot rented greenhouse has flourished into ...

Rachel Miller Bellew

Rachel Miller Bellew was Huntersville’s first female Town Board Commissioner when elected in 1973. She served on the Sanitation Committee and volunteered as a school crossing guard. 

Torrence-Lytle School

Torrence-Lytle School opened in 1937 and represented the first opportunity for African American students, elementary through high school, to attend a public school in the region where they lived. It had seven classrooms and 181 pupils. The school&rsqu...

Pottstown Community

The Pottstown Community is the earliest African American neighborhood in Huntersville. Located southeast of the Town’s center, the community began as a sparsely settled area of small farms and workers’ dwellings, with churches marking the general boundari...

Levera Elaine Pearson Wynn

Levera Pearson Wynn worked tirelessly to improve the lives of others. In the 1970s, she went door to door in the Pottstown community trying to get residents to support a voluntary annexation into Huntersville so residents could receive Town services. Wynn...

Hopewell Presbyterian Church Stone Walls

In 1928, NCDOT solicited churches for their stone walls so the stone could be crushed and used to surface local roads. Many churchyards had stone wall boundaries to define the sacred area and keep out livestock. Hopewell Presbyterian Church had stones aro...

Otho James Potts

Otha James Potts owned a substantial amount of land around and behind Church Street. Although initially farmland, Potts sold parcels for homes. Employed by a construction company in Charlotte, he used scrap materials from commercial construction sites to ...

Leroy Roscoe Wynn

Leroy Roscoe Wynn was an agriculture and horticulture teacher at multiple Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, including Torrence-Lytle School where he taught for 18 years. In 39 years of teaching, Wynn never took a sick day. He was the first African American e...

Caldwell Rosenwald School

Caldwell Rosenwald School, 15435 NC Hwy73, was constructed in 1925 to serve African American children in the Lemley community of North Mecklenburg County. The cost of construction was $5,200; of that, $1,100 was paid by the Rosenwald Fund, $3,500 by the p...

Richard Dalrymple

Richard Dalrymple was a connoisseur of jazz. At the urging of his barber, David Beatty of Beatty’s Barber Shop in Huntersville, Dalrymple met the owner of radio station WHIP 1350, who put him on the air. Dalrymple’s Jazz Party program was well-known as th...

Bethesda Schoolhouse

Bethesda Schoolhouse, circa 1898, is the oldest surviving school building for African Americans in Mecklenburg County. Officially designated as the Bethesda Colored School of Mallard Creek Township, School District # 3, it served the African American comm...

William James Colson Sr. - Colson's Barber Shop

William James Colson Sr. owned and operated Colson's Barber Shop, a two-chair, 900-square-foot shop on Gilead Road, for 42 years. When he opened his shop in 1966, haircuts were only 75 cents. Colson became a barber after losing his left leg in a hunting a...

Huntersville School #2 - The Little School

Huntersville School #2, located at 508 Dellwood Drive, is one of six surviving Rosenwald schools in Mecklenburg County. Also known as the “Little School,” this facility was designated a historical landmark in 2022. Rosenwald Schools played a key role in e...

Betty Jane Caldwell

Betty Jane (BeeJay) Caldwell is an author, community activist, and advocate of Huntersville’s Pottstown Community. Through her docent reenactments at local historical sites and community presentations, Caldwell shares her knowledge and passion for her com...

Juanita Pettice White

Juanita Pettice White taught French and English at the historic Torrence-Lytle High School in Huntersville during the 1960s, where she also served as a faculty advisor for the yearbook committee and the school paper, the "Torrence-Lytle Gazette."...

Isaac Torrence Graham

Isaac Torrence Graham was the first and only principal of Torrence-Lytle High School (1937-1966) in Huntersville. After Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools integrated its schools, Graham became the assistant principal of North Mecklenburg High School.

Dr. Hillis Ledbetter Seay

Dr. Hillis Ledbetter Seay was a local physician who practiced medicine in the Huntersville area for more than 50 years. He did extensive clinical research in the treatment of tuberculosis and served as superintendent of the Mecklenburg Tubercular Sanitori...

William Amos Hough, Jr.

William Amos Hough, Jr., a lifelong educator, served as principal of North Mecklenburg High School from 1955 to 1974. The NC Association of Educators named him Principal of the Year in 1970 and he was one of the first inductees into the school’s Hall of F...

James Hoyt Wilhelm

James Hoyt Wilhelm was one of 11 children born to tenant farmers in Huntersville and began his baseball career in the Lake Norman area. Wilhelm served in the US Army during World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart. Nicknamed “Old Sarge&...

Richard Barry

Richard Barry was a tanner, legislator, and one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. He was co-founder of Hopewell Presbyterian Church and is buried in the church’s cemetery. Barry is also remembered for recovering Gene...

Dwight Shaw Cross Jr.

Dwight Shaw Cross Jr. returned home after serving as a pilot in the Air Force and went to work for his dad at Cross Chevrolet, which he later owned. He served on the Huntersville Community Council, coached Little League, and was elected to the Huntersvill...

Ryder Michael Ryan

Ryder Michael Ryan, a professional baseball pitcher, was born in Huntersville and attended North Mecklenburg High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ryan won a silver medal with Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, making fou...

Chief John Albert Rape

Huntersville Police Chief John Albert Rape was killed in the line of duty while questioning a suspect on a burglary call during the early morning hours of January 1, 1938. His murder remains unsolved. Rape was 34 years old.

Andrea Stinson

Andrea Stinson attended North Mecklenburg High School and was selected as Female Player of the Year for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association in 1986-87. She was often seen participating in open gym at the David B. Waymer Recreation Center. ...

General William Lee Davidson

General William Lee Davidson was a Revolutionary War officer who died protecting Cowan’s Ford from an enemy crossing. Although the battle was lost, the outnumbered army’s efforts bought the patriots invaluable time later in the war. He...

Margaret "Belle" Banks

Margaret “Belle” Banks was Chairman of the Board for Central Piedmont Community College during the organizational period leading to the establishment of the North Campus in Huntersville. She served for 12 years as a commissioner on the...

Spencer Allen Irvin

Spencer Allen Irvin served the Huntersville community as Fire Chief for 39 years. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict and received a Purple Heart. Irvin was the owner of Irvins Body Shop and enjoyed building fire trucks for local f...

William LeGette Blythe

William LeGette Blythe made his name as one of the most respected journalists and versatile authors of Mecklenburg County. He worked for The Charlotte News and The Charlotte Observer as a journalist before starting to write his own award-winning books.?Bl...

Huntersville Hay Days to be held September 23

The Town of Huntersville invites you to join us on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Huntersville Athletic Park as we celebrate our sesquicentennial with our Huntersville Hay Days event.

Our Huntersville Hay Days event will have someth...

Fall 2023 Rec Guide

Fall 2023 Rec Guide

If you would like a copy of the Fall 2023 Rec Guide they can be picked up in Town Hall, Town Center, or the Rec Center.

A Sesquicentennial Celebration 150 years in the making!

Guided by a group of volunteers, the Anniversary Committee has three subcommittees leading the charge for a year-long celebration: Events, History and Public Relations.

We look forward to celebrating with you throughout 2023!

2023 Year of the Trail

2023 Year of the Trail Proclamation

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You're Invited to the Eighth Annual Huntersville Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony

The Town of Huntersville, American Legion Post 321 and Sons of the American Legion Post 321 invite you to save the date for our 8th Annual Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony on Saturday, November 11, 2023. This year's parade theme is "Honori...

NCDOT: Overnight Closures Coming to I-77 in Huntersville This Week

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has shared the following information:

A short section of Interstate 77 in Huntersville is scheduled to close each night this week from 10:30 p.m. until 5 a.m.

Contract crews plan to close I-77 North at Gilead ...

New Traffic Pattern on N.C. 115 Begins Today

The new roundabout on NC 115 located between Sherwood Drive and Southland Road partially opened for traffic today, September 21.

North and southbound traffic on NC 115 has been shifted to flow through the roundabout, but the connections to Fourth Street an...

Huntersville Interchange, I-77 Lanes to Temporarily Close

N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews will close  I-77 South near Gilead Road (exit 23) next weekend, weather permitting. The closure is part of a $30.8 million project to convert the existing Gilead Road interchange at Interstate 77 t...

Town Offices Closed for Labor Day

Town of Huntersville offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in observance of Labor Day. 

Trash collection, which is contracted through Waste Connections, will run on regular schedule. Waste Connections only observes three holidays per year:...

Field of Honor - Huntersville 9/11 Memorial Event

Huntersville remembers the innocent loss of life when hijacked planes crashed into buildings and farmland in unspeakable acts of terror 22 years ago on September 11, 2001. The annual Field of Honor® display of flags on the Huntersville Town Center...

Overnight Lane Closures Coming to I-77

Overnight lane closures are coming to I-77 at Exit 23 August 24 and 28.

The southbound far left lane of I-77 at Exit 23 will be closed from 9 p.m., August 24, to 6 a.m., August 25. The southbound far right lane of I-77 at Exit 23 will be closed from 9 p.m....

Northbound Ramps at Exit 23 on I-77 to be Temporarily Closed

The northbound on and off ramps at Exit 23 on I-77 will be temporarily closed overnight this Thursday and Friday, August 17 and 18.

The northbound off-ramp at Exit 23 on I-77 will be closed from 9 p.m., August 17, to 6 a.m., August 18. The northbound on-ra...

Traffic Alert: More Ramp Closures Coming to I-77

The southbound on-ramp and northbound off-ramp at Exit 23 on I-77 will be closed overnight August 14-17.

The southbound on-ramp at Exit 23 on I-77 will be closed from 9 p.m., August 14, to 6 a.m., August 15. The northbound off-ramp at Exit 23 on I-77 will ...

New Town Hall Information and Outreach Session

Edifice, Inc., will be hosting an information and outreach session for the new Huntersville Town Hall project on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at 3 p.m. The session will be held in the Board Room of the current Huntersville Town Hall, located at 101 H...

Traffic Alert: Ramp Closures on I-77 August 9 through 13

Traffic Alert Update: The northbound on-ramp at Exit 23 on I-77 will also be closed from 9 p.m. August 10, to 6 a.m. August 11. The southbound off-ramp closure at Exit 23 on I-77 has now been pushed back, and will be closed from 9 p.m. August 11 to 6 a.m....

Sherwood Drive to temporarily close for Road Work

In order to connect Sherwood Drive to the new pavement structure on NC 115, Sherwood Drive will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., both Friday, July 28, and Monday, July 31. This closure is dependent on weather, and may be rescheduled if necessary. We will ...

Town of Huntersville Earns Award for Financial Reporting

The Town of Huntersville’s Finance Department is being recognized for its excellence in financial reporting for the seventh year in a row.

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) recently awarded the Certificate o...

HOMES Program is Here to Help Mecklenburg County Homeowners in Need

Mecklenburg County, NC – Mecklenburg County homeowners who are struggling with rising costs of living have an ally in the HOMES program. HOMES, or Helping Out Mecklenburg’s homeowners with Economic Support, is a County created seasonal program designed to...

2022 Progress Report on Hazard Mitigation Plan Implementation

To maintain the Community Rating System (CRS) status within the National Flood Insurance Program, the Town of Huntersville is required to provide an annual progress report on the implementation of each of the mitigation actions the town proposed in the Me...