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Mooresville, NC

Mooresville is a town in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 18,823 at the 2000 census. It is located approximately 25 miles north of Charlotte.
Mooresville is the home to the corporate headquarters of Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, and is perhaps best known as the home of many NASCAR racing teams, which earned the city the nickname "Race City USA." It is also home to NASCAR's NASCAR Technical Institute.
History
Mooresville was started in 1856 when a railroad was to come through the area needing a point to place a few cotton weighing scales. The area happened to sit directly on the site of the prosperous plantation of John Franklin Moore, and his wife Rachel Summrow Moore. Not only did Moore donate land for the weighing station, but he also gave land for a Depot, and land for several people to start up a town upon. Up until 1873, the town was known as Moore's Siding, with town growth stumbling with the Civil War. In 1873, the Town was incorporated as Mooresville, with 25 families, and several others living within its boundaries. Growth eventually came, and soon the town began to prosper, and by 1900, Mooresville had 1000 residents living within its boundaries. The town slowly but steadily grew throughout the twentieth century, and like many small towns in North Carolina its economy centered around a few large textile and furniture factories. However, in the 1980s the nearby city of Charlotte began to see enormous population growth, and today Mooresville is increasingly a suburban "bedroom community" for Charlotte-area workers. The town has experienced rapid population growth in recent years, and considerable housing and shopping-center development as well.
The area Mooresville was settled upon had already had Europeans upon it prior to 1856. Two very large and prosperous plantations, Mount Mourne Place and Belmont, were in the area with Belmont being in place well before the Revolutionary War. There were also several other smaller plantations in the area, and many farms in the area as well. Well before the Europeans came though, The Catawba Indians used the area as hunting grounds, and legend holds that in the area is an old Indian burial mound, which is yet to be discovered.
Mooresville was once home to a professional minor league baseball team. 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.
Race City USA
Mooresville, NC is also known as Race City, USA. The city is home to more than 60 NASCAR teams and racing related businesses including Red Bull Racing Team, and Penske Racing South. Memory Lane Motorsports and Historical Automotive Museum is located in Mooresville, featuring over 100 exhibits and cars from drivers like Dale Earnhardt Sr., Richard Petty, Bobby Labonte, and many more. The North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame is located in Mooresville, and also serves as the town’s official visitor’s center, where you can see Alan Kulwicki’s championship winning 1992 Ford, and Curtis Turner’s famous “Purple Hog, a 1956 Ford race car. The NASCAR Technical Institute is located in Mooresville, along with a NASCAR pit crew training school.
Schools
Mooresville is primarily served by the Mooresville Graded School District, 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. It states that only one School System in a county would be funded. It has been stalled in committee though and will likely fail passage. Previous attempts to consolidate have been defeated.
By 2010 every student in the Mooresville Graded School District will have a Macbook laptop. Mooresville also plans to build a new Intermediate school, then move current middle school to MIS, using the old middle school for classes such as foreign language, gym and other elective and hands on classes for the high school. Mooresville is also the location of a campus of Mitchell Community College, whose main campus is in Statesville, the county seat of Iredell County.
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