Editing Waxhaw, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|11.54|sqmi|km2}}. Waxhaw's northernmost municipal boundary is located four and one-half miles south of the [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] southernmost city limit. Waxhaw is part of [[Union County, North Carolina|Union County]].
 
Waxhaw is located in the historic region called [[Waxhaws|The Waxhaws]] and both the region and the town are named after the [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribe who lived there prior to colonial settlement. Europeans sometimes referred to their settlements in the area as, The Waxhaw Settlement.

The town of Waxhaw is in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] region of North Carolina, which is a wooded area with rolling hills. This region is where [[gold]] was first discovered in the United States. The Howie Gold Mine is not far from the city limits. By 1935, 50,000 ounces of gold had been mined from this location.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caponigro |first1=Rocky |title=The Howie Gold Mine was in service until 1942 |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/community/south-charlotte/article9017786.html |access-date=July 1, 2020 |agency=The Charlotte Observer |publisher=The Charlotte Observer |date=October 19, 2008}}</ref> The Howie Gold mine operated until [[World War II]], when most mines were shut down due to workforce changes during the war effort.