REPORT ON MECKLENBURG COUNTY SOILS, 

 AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES 



By C. B. Williams, W. E. Heaen, J. K. PtuMiiEE, and W. F. Pate. 



Mecklenburg County lies on the southern boundary in the western 

 part of J^orth Carolina. It is bounded on the north by Iredell County, 

 on the east by Cabarrus and Union counties, on the south by Union 

 County and South Carolina, and on the west by South Carolina and 

 Gaston and Lincoln counties, which are separated from Mecklenburg 

 by the Catawba River. The county is very irregular in shape. In ex- 

 treme dimensions it is 36 miles from north to south and 27 miles from 

 east to west, and contains 543 square miles, or 347,520 acres. 



i:i',. i. niiuwiuii the geutly rolling nature of the soils of the county. 



TOPOGRAPHY 



The topography or general surface features of Mecklenburg County 

 consist dominantiy of a series of gently rolling to almost level inter- 

 stream areas, which become more rolling, broken and hilly as the large 

 streams are approached. Some of the more level and undulating areas 

 are situated to the south of Shopton, where a basinlike area is developed ; 

 others are to the southwest of Providence. The level to gently rolling 

 interstream areas are numerous throughout the county, but some of the 



