Place:Davidson, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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Name
Davidson
Alternate names
Davidson College     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37007792)
Davison College     (USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS37007792)
Type
Town
Coordinates
35.491°N 80.833°W
Located in
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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Davidson is a town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, lying right along the southern edge of the Iredell and Mecklenburg County line. The population was 7,139 at the 2000 census. It is home to the prestigious Davidson College.

Davidson is unique in that it is very different both geographically and culturally from the rest of Mecklenburg County, NC. Lying along the eastern shore of Lake Norman, the town is centered around the college from which it takes its name.

The town was founded in 1837 with the establishment of the Presbyterian Davidson College, named for Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, a local Revolutionary War hero in Mecklenburg County. The land for Davidson College came from Davidson's estate, a large portion of which was donated by his son.

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