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Huntersville’s post office opened in 1873, and 11 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 29% of U.S. towns · #178 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it

Most of Huntersville was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. 11 places in town are on the National Register, among them three historic districts with 9 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1890.

1873first post office
11on the National Register
0.7%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Huntersville began

When was Huntersville founded?

1873

The Huntersville post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Long Creek (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 431 in 18902020 census: 61,376153 years

How historic is Huntersville?

C

More historic than 29% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Huntersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Huntersville’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Huntersville is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #178 of 290 in North Carolina. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Huntersville’s overall grade.
Founding era1873, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.7% of homes (±0.5) · typical NC town 4.1% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register11 listings, 21 historic buildings, 3.3 per 10,000 residents · typical NC town 12.5 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 29%
NewerOlder
North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 39%

North Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical North Carolina town has 12.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Huntersville’s 3.3 sits near the middle of its state (43% of North Carolina towns have fewer) while its 21 historic buildings outnumber those of 80% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Huntersville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Huntersville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register11 places on the National Register.
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Start Huntersville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntersville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the National Register

11 historic places in Huntersville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
11
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
21
each building in a district counts
first listed
1972
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove, built 1833Latta HouseSamuel J. McElroy HouseHopewell Presbyterian Church and CemeteryAlbert McCoy FarmHolly Bend, built 1800Benjamin W. Davidson HouseJohn F. Ewart FarmRamah Presbyterian Church and CemeteryHuntersville Colored High School, built 1953Ingleside
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival3
Vernacular3
Federal2
Colonial Revival2
Victorian1
Craftsman1
Cedar GroveGreek Revival · Built 1833
Latta HouseFederal
Samuel J. McElroy HouseVernacular
Hopewell Presbyterian Church and CemeteryGreek Revival
Albert McCoy FarmQueen Anne
All 11 listings
Holly BendBuilding · listed 1972Benjamin W. Davidson HouseBuilding · listed 1976John F. Ewart FarmDistrict · listed 1991Ramah Presbyterian Church and CemeteryBuilding · listed 1991Huntersville Colored High SchoolBuilding · listed 2009InglesideBuilding · listed 2020

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Huntersville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Huntersville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Huntersville is a suburban town in northern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 61,376, making Huntersville the 15th-most populous municipality in North Carolina. It is located in the Charlotte metropolitan area and is 14 mi (23 km) north of Charlotte.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 46,773 to 61,376 (+31%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Huntersville, 1800 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1800BuiltHolly Bend is built
  3. 1833BuiltCedar Grove is built
  4. 1873Post officeThe Huntersville post office opens
  5. 1873Post officeThe Long Creek post office opens
  6. 1874Post officeThe Long Creek post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1953BuiltHuntersville Colored High School is built
  9. 1970On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Huntersville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
15115 Oxford Hollow200815115 Oxford Hollow14920 Carbert Lane200814920 Carbert LaneSkybrook Golf Club Home2007Skybrook Golf Club HomeBradford Store2007Bradford StoreBorder Collie sheepdog trial2007Border Collie sheepdog trial
On the map

Huntersville on the map, 1970 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Huntersville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Huntersville on the 1970 USGS mapHuntersville on the 1993 USGS map1970Cornelius sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Huntersville.

People over time

Huntersville, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,000190019201940196019802000202061,376

Grew from 431 people in 1890 to 61,376 in 2020, more than tenfold.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Huntersville’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Huntersville’s post office has been open since 1873. Another post office, Long Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Huntersville
1873–today
Long Creek
1873–1874
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Allison FerryHicks Crossroads
Gone or out of use
Long Creek SchoolschoolMecklenburg Sanatoriumhospital
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Huntersville
Caldwell PresbyterianChapel Hill ChurchGilead ChurchHopewell Presbyterian ChurchHuntersville AME Zion ChurchHuntersville Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchHuntersville Baptist ChurchMount Olive ChurchSaint Phillips Church

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

CorneliusIts storyDCharlotte85 historic placesA−Concord13 historic placesA−

Questions about Huntersville’s history

What year was Huntersville founded?

The Huntersville post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Huntersville rank for history?

Huntersville is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #178 of 290 in North Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Huntersville?

11 listings: 8 buildings, among them the Cedar Grove (listed 1972, the first), and 3 historic districts, the Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, the Albert McCoy Farm and the John F. Ewart Farm, with 9 contributing buildings. 21 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Huntersville?

0.7% of Huntersville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 4.1% for a North Carolina town; the median home was built in 2004.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (11), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.