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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina property search

Search an address or an owner in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 442,287 lots are mapped here, covering 923,530 acres. 112,732 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Mecklenburg County received $1 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 21 recipients. 206 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Switzerland. Crop insurance paid $138,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.

442,287
Lots mapped
923,530
Acres
112,732
Institutional

Land use in Mecklenburg County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Land useParcelsAcres
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL277,64295,815
TOWN HOUSE SFR50,0432,986
CONDOMINIUM26,071167,571
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - ACREAGE16,75159,636
MULTI FAMILY12,270153,252
COMMERCIAL8,15028,729
INDUSTRIAL7,26781,323
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - COMMON6,4379,583
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - WATERFRONT3,8205,235
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - GOLF3,7521,798
OFFICE2,6539,789
OFFICE CONDOMINIUM2,3386,298

Largest landowners in Mecklenburg County

Largest landowners by acreage in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
OwnerParcelsAcres
MECKLENBURG COUNTY2,50723,026
CITY OF CHARLOTTE1,91710,831
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION2894,371
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC291,596
METROLINA GREENHOUSES INC341,005
CRESCENT RIVER DISTRICT LLC59973
VULCAN LANDS INC17826
TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE211696
U S NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTER INC23624
BARGER FARM LLC6502

Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in North Carolina

Federal farm payments in Mecklenburg County

$1M
Paid in 2025
21
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2025
ProgramPaid
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$970K
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$38K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$21K
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$8K

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Mecklenburg County

206
Acres disclosed
9
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2024
CountryAcres
Switzerland119
United Kingdom41
Germany25
Canada21

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Holder (country)Acres
FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE DEVELOPMENT CO (SWITZERLAND)43
ATLANTIC LAND HOLDINGS, LLC (UNITED KINGDOM)41
521 DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC (SWITZERLAND)41
AMERICAN VOLKMANN CORP. (SWITZERLAND)27
MINT HILL FARMS (CANADA)21

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Mecklenburg County

18
Policies
1,273
Insured acres
$138K
Claims paid
3.12
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 2024
CropClaims
All Other Crops$138K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

140
Substations
1
345 kV and up
500 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

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Nearby counties in North Carolina

  • Cabarrus County110,009
  • Union County117,539
  • Gaston County117,252
  • Lincoln County56,862
  • Stanly County44,171
  • Rowan County83,292
  • Iredell County109,254
  • Catawba County93,505

All North Carolina counties

This copy of Mecklenburg County's records was taken on August 11, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.