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Mecklenburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,628, which increased to 1,012,539 as of the 2014 estimate,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37119.html )〕 making it both the most populated and densely populated county in North Carolina. Its county seat and largest city is Charlotte.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Mecklenburg County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. On September 12, 2013, the county welcomed its one millionth resident.〔http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/09/12/4309237/1-millionand-counting.html#.U3-DdMb41g0〕 ==History== Mecklenburg County was formed in 1762 from the western part of Anson County. It was named in commemoration of the marriage of King George III to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, for whom the county seat Charlotte is named. Due to unsure boundaries, a large part of south and western Mecklenburg County extended into areas that would later form part of the state of South Carolina. In 1768, most of this area (the part of Mecklenburg County west of the Catawba River) was designated Tryon County, North Carolina. Determining the final boundaries of these "western" areas between North and South Carolina was a decades-long process. In 1792 the northeastern part of Mecklenburg County was taken for Cabarrus County. Finally, in 1842 the southeastern part of Mecklenburg County was combined with the western part of Anson County to become Union County. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was allegedly signed on May 20, 1775; if the document is genuine, Mecklenburg County was the first part of the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from Great Britain. From 1945 to 1972, Mecklenburg county sterilized 403 people, far more than any other county in North Carolina, in an experiment in genetic engineering called eugenics. In 1971, Mecklenburg County was the site of an important case in the American civil rights movement with Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mecklenburg County, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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