Cleveland County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Cleveland County

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

Variant Spellings

 * Cleaveland

Neighboring Counties

 * Burke
 * Catawba
 * Cherokee County, South Carolina
 * Gaston
 * Lincoln
 * Rutherford
 * York County, South Carolina

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Cleveland County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC
 * USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC