Huntersville

Geography

Huntersville is in northern Mecklenburg County, bordered to the south by Charlotte and to the north by the town of Cornelius. The town has several exclaves to the east, some bordered to the north by the town of Davidson and some bordered to the east by the city of Concord in Cabarrus County. Huntersville is located north of Uptown Charlotte. Interstate 77 passes through the middle of the town, with access from Exits 23 (Gilead Road) and 25 (North Carolina Highway 73). I-77 leads south into Charlotte and north to Statesville. U.S. Route 21 (Statesville Road) parallels I-77, while North Carolina Highway 115 (Old Statesville Road) passes through the Huntersville town center. NC 73 runs through the northern side of Huntersville, leading east to Concord and west to Lincolnton. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Huntersville has a total area of , of which - are land and , or 0.50%, are water. The majority of the town (the area west of NC 115) drains to the southwest via McDowell Creek, a tributary of the Catawba River within Mountain Island Lake. The northwestern border of the town follows the shore of Lake Norman, a large impoundment on the Catawba River. East of NC 115, the town is drained by tributaries of Clarke Creek, a tributary of the Rocky River and part of the Pee Dee River watershed.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,516
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  12,070
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  11,618
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9,856
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  9,330
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,909
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  8,791
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,405

Largest nearby schools

• William Amos Hough High
  High · Cornelius · 2,518 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• Julius L. Chambers High School
  High · Charlotte · 2,224 students · 20.8:1 ratio
• Lake Norman Charter
  Other · Huntersville · 2,215 students · 18.2:1 ratio
• North Mecklenburg High School
  High · Huntersville · 2,186 students · 20.8:1 ratio
• Mallard Creek High School
  High · Charlotte · 2,185 students · 20.6:1 ratio
• Hopewell High School
  High · Huntersville · 1,755 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• West Charlotte High School
  High · Charlotte · 1,538 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Bradford Preparatory School
  Other · Charlotte · 1,511 students · 14.1:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.65 — 2021-08-17
  6 km N of Morganton, North Carolina
• M 2.68 — 2018-06-10
  2 km NE of Hays, North Carolina
• M 2.58 — 2015-11-15
  10 km S of Denton, North Carolina
• M 3 — 2014-12-15
  13 km NNW of Cedar Rock, North Carolina
• M 2.5 — 2010-10-28
  2 km NW of Pacolet, South Carolina
• M 2.5 — 2006-11-03
  6 km S of Winston-Salem, North Carolina