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| Cleveland County, North Carolina | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of North Carolina | |||||||||
 Location of North Carolina in the U.S. | |||||||||
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| Founded | 1841 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Shelby | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Cleveland County
Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Cleaveland was originally used but the present spelling was adopted in 1887.
Parent County
1841--Cleveland County was created 11 January 1841 from Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Shelby [1]
Boundary Changes
Variant Spellings
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Education
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Cleveland County NCGenWeb
- USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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