Editing Cornelius, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The Cornelius area has been settled since at least the 1750s.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author =David Foard Hood | title =Potts Plantation| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =April 1997 | url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/MK1296.pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}</ref> [[Potts Plantation]] was established near Cornelius in 1753. The town of Cornelius, the second youngest of Mecklenburg County's six incorporated towns, was founded in 1893, but not incorporated until March 4, 1905. The town's origin has been traced by many historians to a dispute over cotton weighing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Town {{!}} Cornelius, NC - Official Website |url=https://www.cornelius.org/226/History-of-The-Town |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=www.cornelius.org}}</ref>

Cornelius has experienced explosive growth during the 2000s, swelling from under 2,600 in the 1990 census to over 31,000 in the 2020 census. The greatest percentage growth was 364% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses, but in absolute terms the population has nearly tripled from under 12,000 in 2000 to the low to mid 30,000s today.

Potts Plantation was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1998.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>