Northeast of Charlotte, Cabarrus County is growing as fast as the cars that go around Lowe's Motor Speedway, one of the county's largest attractions. Another is the new Concord Mills Mall, North Carolina's second-largest mall with some 200 stores. The county seat, Concord, was incorporated in 1798 and named for the peaceful resolution of a dispute over where the town should be located. It is now home to a regional airport, a historic downtown, Barber-Scotia College, and thousands of new homeowners. Residents enjoy direct routes to Charlotte via U.S. Highway 29 and N.C. 49, and to Lake Norman via N.C. 73. County population: 146,000, Median household income: $49,700. Per capita income: $22,500. Single-family homes average $186,000; condos and townhomes, $128,000.

Government Links:

• City of Concord
• City of Kannapolis
• Town of Midland
• Centralina Council of Governments
  Demographic and other data for the multi-county region that includes cabarrus
• The Cabarrus Rowan Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Education Links:

• Cabarrus County Schools
• Kannapolis City Schools
• Public Schools of North Carolina
• Winthrop University

Community Links:

• Cabarrus Economic Development
• Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Cabarrus Chamber of Commerce
• Independent Tribune - Concord & Kannapolis
• The Cabarrus Charlotte Connection
• North Carolina Department of Transportation
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