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'Mooresville' is a town in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 18,823 at the 2000 census. It is located approximately 25 minutes north of Charlotte.
Mooresville is the home to Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, and is perhaps best known as the home of dozens of NASCAR racing teams, which earned the city the nickname "Race City USA." It is also home to NASCAR's NASCAR Technical Institute.
The current mayor of Mooresville is Bill Thunburg, a Republican who was elected in 2005.

Contents

Geography

History

Demographics

Schools

The Mooresville Graded School District

Iredell-Statesville School District

Private schools

Sister city

External links

Geography

Mooresville is located at (35.584337, -80.820139).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.1 km² (14.7 mi²). 38.0 km² (14.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.20%) is water.

History

The Charles Mack Citizen Center was named after Charles William Mack, a senior at Mooresville High School.
Mooresville was once home to professional minor league baseball. The Mooresville Moors played in the Class D North Carolina State League from 1937-1942. The league ceased operations for two seasons due to World War II but was reorganized in 1945. That season's team was known as the Mooresville Braves, due to the fact it was part of the Boston Braves farm system. The following season, 1946, the club returned to its traditional Moors nickname and remained in the league until it disbanded after the 1952 season. In 1953 a new Class D league, known as the Tar Heel League, was formed and the Mooresville Moors were members for its one season of existence. At least two former members of the Moors went on to play in the Major Leagues, pitchers Dave Jolly and Hoyt Wilhelm, who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,823 people, 7,139 households, and 5,082 families residing in the town. The population density was 494.7/km² (1,281.6/mi²). There were 7,741 housing units at an average density of 203.5/km² (527.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 81.54% White, 14.23% African American, 0.36% Native American, 1.66% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.14% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.55% of the population.
There were 7,139 households out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the town the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 34.3% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $42,943, and the median income for a family was $51,011. Males had a median income of $39,524 versus $24,939 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,549. About 5.6% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

Schools

Mooresville is primarily served by the Mooresville Graded School System, but is also partly in the Iredell-Statesville School System. A proposal in the 2007 North Carolina State Budget could possibly consolidate the two systems.[1] It states that only one School System in a county would be funded. It has been stalled in committe though and will likely fail passage. Previous attempts to consolidate have been defeated.[2]

The Mooresville Graded School District

★ Park View Elementary

★ South Elementary

★ East Mooresville Intermediate

★ Mooresville Intermediate

★ Mooresville Middle School

★ Mooresville High School

★ N.F. Woods Technology & Art Center

Iredell-Statesville School District

★ Woodland Heights Elementary School

★ Lake Norman Elementary School

★ Lakeshore Elementary School

★ Brawley Middle School

★ Lakeshore Middle School

★ Lake Norman High School

★ South Iredell High School

★ North Iredell High School

★ West Iredell High School

★ Mount Mourne Elementary School

Private schools

★ Mooresville Christian Academy

Sister city

★ Hockenheim, Germany

External links

★ Official website of Mooresville, NC

★ Mooresville's Local Newspaper
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★ Mooresville.com presented by dennydeaton.com

★ Mooresville Graded School District