Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Cabarrus County
	Cabarrus County, North Carolina
	Map
	; Location in the state of North Carolina
	; North Carolina's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	1792
Seat	Concord
Largest City	Concord
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 364 sq mi (943 km²); 362 sq mi (938 km²); 2.7 sq mi (7 km²), 0.7%
PopulationEst.; - (2016); - Density	; 201,590 ; 492/sq mi (190/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
	Website: www.cabarruscounty.us
	Named for: Stephen Cabarrus

Cabarrus County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 131,063 people lived there. Its county seat is Concord.

History

The county was made in 1792 from Mecklenburg County.

Government

Cabarrus County is part of the local Centralina Council of Governments.

Schools

The Cabarrus County Schools runs all the public schools in the county except for parts of Kannapolis, which has its own school district.

The county also has Barber-Scotia College, the Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (a four-year college), and a branch of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. UNC Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County but is close Cabarrus and is easy to get to by driving on Interstate 85.

Connected counties

These counties are connected to Cabarrus County:

Rowan County, North Carolina - north
Stanly County, North Carolina - east
Union County, North Carolina - south
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - west
Iredell County, North Carolina - northwest

Cities and towns

These cities and towns are in Cabarrus County:

Lowe's Motor Speedway

The county is home to Lowe's Motor Speedway, which has three NASCAR events every year (the NASCAR All-Star Challenge, the Coca-Cola 600, and the Bank of America 500).