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Charlotte was settled in about 1750 by German and Scots-Irish settlers and incorporated in 1768. Charlotte is named for Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, created to protest British rule, is said to have been signed here by the citizens of Mecklenburg County on May 20, 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence was issued. While occupying the town in 1780 during the American Revolution, the British general Charles Cornwallis referred to Charlotte as a "hornet’s nest of rebellion" because of the activities of patriot troops.

The city grew quickly after gold was discovered in the area in 1799, and development continued as first the textile industry and then the railroads increased Charlotte’s prosperity. Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865), convened his full cabinet for the last time here in April 1865. In the mid-1990s the city was experiencing both economic and population growth.

Charlotte covers a land area of 242 sq mi, with a mean elevation of 721 ft.

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