Midland, North Carolina
place in North Carolina, United States
Midland is a town in southern Cabarrus County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Charlotte region of North Carolina, Midland is a 30-minute commute to uptown Charlotte. The name of the town is derived from its location approximately halfway between Charlotte and Oakboro on the railroad line. The population was 4,684 as of the 2020 census, up from 3,073 in 2010.
The U.S. Postal Service has maintained a post office in Midland for many years (ZIP code 28107), and rural mail routes extend from Midland into portions of four counties.
History
Midland began as a railroad town about 1913 with the arrival of rail service via the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR). Prior to this, a community named Garmon existed in the area (a few miles to the east) around the Garmon Mill begun by Michael Garmon in the late-1700s, and Garmon appears on an 1864 map of North Carolina. Another community located to the west, Cabarrus Station, also predated Midland as a railroad stop, and is now within the town's municipal limits. Midland was incorporated in 2000.
Formerly, the economy of Midland was agricultural with some textile-related manufacturing jobs.
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