Editing Mint Hill, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
Mint Hill is in southeastern Mecklenburg County, with a small portion extending southeast into Union County. It is bordered to the northwest by the city of Charlotte, with [[Uptown Charlotte]], the city center, {{convert|11|mi|0}} west of the center of Mint Hill. The town of [[Matthews, North Carolina|Matthews]] borders Mint Hill to the southwest, and [[Stallings, North Carolina|Stallings]] in Union County is to the south.

[[Interstate 485]], the Charlotte Outerbelt, passes through the east side of Mint Hill, with access from five exits. [[North Carolina Highway 51]] passes through the center of Mint Hill, while NC Highways [[North Carolina Highway 24|24]] and [[North Carolina Highway 27]] run concurrently along the northern border of the town, leading west into Charlotte and east to [[Midland, North Carolina|Midland]]. [[North Carolina Highway 218]] has its western terminus in the center of Mint Hill and runs southeast into [[Fairview, Union County, North Carolina|Fairview]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town of Mint Hill has a total area of {{convert|24.8|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.2|sqmi|1}}, or 0.91%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> The center of town sits on a ridge which drains west toward McAlpine Creek, part of the [[Catawba River]] watershed, and east toward Clear Creek, Crooked Creek, and Goose Creek, part of the [[Rocky River (North Carolina)|Rocky River]] watershed leading to the [[Pee Dee River]].