Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA

Charlotte is North Carolina’s largest city, in the Piedmont near the South Carolina border. It is the seat of Mecklenburg County. Incorporated in 1768, the city developed around the crossroads now known as Trade and Tryon streets. Its central business district is called Uptown. Charlotte and the surrounding county include land draining to the Catawba and Yadkin river basins.