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U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cleveland County, North Carolina
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts for Cleveland County, North Carolina, with current population, demographic, income and housing statistics; the county government links it as its own population and demographics page.
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Cleveland County Marriage, Birth and Death Records
Official birth and death certificates from the county of Cleveland.
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North Carolina Judicial Branch, Find an Attorney
North Carolina Judicial Branch guide to legal help: court-appointed lawyers in criminal cases, free legal aid programs, the lawyer referral service and Guide & File for preparing court papers yourself.
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Cleveland County District Court
Cleveland County District Court, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Cleveland County North Carolina Cooperative Extension
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension office in Cleveland County publishes its local program reports, its soil and crop bulletins and the records of the classes and clinics it holds in the county.
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Cleveland County Register of Deeds
Cleveland County Register of Deeds land records in Shelby, with the consolidated deed index from 1945 to the present, a searchable plat index and deed book images online.
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Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office is the county's law enforcement agency and holds its arrest records, incident and accident reports and the roster of people held in the county jail.
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Cleveland County Health Department
Cleveland County Health Department, the public health office for the county, with clinic, immunization and family health program information.
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Cleveland County Census Information
The U.S. Census Bureau profile for Cleveland County gives its population, its households, its income and its housing counts from the latest census and the yearly survey.
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About public records in Cleveland County
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Cleveland County at a glance
- State
- North Carolina
- County seat
- Shelby
- Population
- 99,519
- Area
- 464 sq mi
- Founded
- 1841
- Cities and towns
- 11
Cleveland County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Cleveland County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Cleveland County, particularly in the unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Cleveland County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Cleveland County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments such as the Shelby Police Department and Kings Mountain Police Department. Each agency has jurisdiction over its respective area, with the Sheriff's Office covering unincorporated regions and the city departments handling urban areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Cleveland County is primarily provided by Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 100 Justice Place, Shelby, NC 28150, with phone contact for The Sheriff's Office website at www.clevelandcountysheriff.com provides information on services, warrants, and public safety initiatives. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office website, providing current custody status, booking dates, charges, and bond information. Municipal law enforcement agencies include the Shelby Police Department (315 E. Graham Street, Shelby), Kings Mountain Police Department (100 Gold Street, Kings Mountain), and smaller departments in Boiling Springs, Lattimore, and Grover. Arrest records in Cleveland County are public records under North Carolina General Statute § 132-1, the North Carolina Public Records Law, which mandates that government records are open to inspection by any person unless specifically exempted.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Cleveland County are maintained by Cleveland County Sheriff's Office and local police departments.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup is available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family members and legal representatives to find information about detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Cleveland County are taken and retained by Cleveland County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request.
Property tax records and assessments are maintained separately by Cleveland County Tax Assessor's Office at 130 South Post Road, Shelby, NC 28152 (phone: 704-481-4000). Business and licensing records in Cleveland County are accessible through multiple governmental entities depending on the type of business and license required. Local business licenses and tax registrations are administered by individual municipalities; the City of Shelby Planning and Development Department at 315 E. Graham Street, Shelby, NC 28150 (phone: 704-484-6841) handles business licenses within city limits.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Cleveland County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Cleveland County
- Old mine sites
- 268
- Sites with no status in the records
- 1
- Still producing
- 17
- Worked underground, in the mine records
- 81
- Main minerals
- Mica; Tin; Thorium
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 10
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- open pit mine, quarry, sand pit
- Maps surveyed
- 1971 to 1983
- Records behind them
- 310 records for 296 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 286 named mine sites inside the county, 268 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 10 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Mica; Tin; Thorium.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. No abandoned mine inventory is published online.
North Carolina mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Cleveland County (200 shown, 86 more named and 10 unnamed on the map)
- Wells Barite PropertyBarium-Barite | Past Producer | Surface
- L R Elliot MineBeryllium | Past Producer | Surface
- Mayes ProspectBeryllium | Prospect
- Unnamed Beryl ProspectBeryllium, Gemstone | Occurrence
- Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 032Brick Clay | Past Producer
- Unnamed Mica Prospect Fl - 058Brick Clay | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Kings Mountain PlantClay | Past Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Kings Mountain Plant No 1Clay | Past Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Kings Mountain-Catawba MineCopper | Occurrence
- J W Cornwell DepositFeldspar | Occurrence
- Old Plantation MineGemstone | Past Producer | Underground
- Unnamed Beryl OccurrenceGemstone, Beryllium | Occurrence
- Unnamed Beryl OccurrenceGemstone, Beryllium | Occurrence | 2 records for this one site
- Unnamed Emerald Occurrence Gl - 032Gemstone, Beryllium, Chromium | Occurrence
- Unnamed Emerald Occurrence Gl - 033Gemstone, Beryllium, Chromium | Occurrence
- Old Plantation Emerald, Aquamarine and Beryl MineGemstone, Chromium, Beryllium | Past Producer | Surface
- Durham MineGold | Past Producer
- Kings Mountain MineGold | Past Producer | Underground
- Unnamed Gold MineGold | Past Producer | 3 records for this one site
- Unnamed Gold MineGold | Past Producer
- Unnamed Granite Quarry Gk-038Granite | Past Producer
- Unnamed Granite Quarry Gk-039Granite | Past Producer
- Unnamed Granite Quarry Gk-040Granite | Past Producer
- Unnamed Toluca Granite Quarry Gj-008Granite | Past Producer
- Kings Mtn Silica Inc Graphite MineGraphite | Past Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 153Iron | Occurrence
- Moss Kaolin and Mica MineKaolin, Mica | Producer | Surface
- Unnamed Limestone Prospect Fl-034Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface
- Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 046Limestone, General | Past Producer
- Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl-035Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface
- Foote Mineral Reclamation MillLithium | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Kings Mountain ConcentratorLithium | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Kings Mountain Lithium Mine and Plonk Tin ProspectLithium | Producer | Surface
- Li-Sn MineLithium | Past Producer
- Unnamed Spodumene Prospect and Tin OccurrenceLithium, Tin | Occurrence
- Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-143Lithium, Tin | Occurrence
- Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-133Lithium, Tin | Occurrence | Surface
- Kings Mountain MineLithium; Feldspar; Mica; Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | Underground | 3 records for this one site
- J. A. Stewart Manganese PropertyManganese | Past Producer
- J.A. Stewart PropertyManganese | Prospect | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- James S. Parker Manganese PropertyManganese | Past Producer
- A F Hoyle MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Alma Cabaniss MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Anthony ProspectsMica | Prospect
- Archie Norman MinesMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- B H Gregg DepositMica | Occurrence
- B T Gant ProspectMica | Prospect
- Bailey Mauney MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Baker ProspectMica | Prospect
- Blanton ProspectMica | Prospect
- Bobby MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Bonnet Split MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Borders MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Bowen MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Bowen Southeast ProspectMica | Prospect
- Bumgarner MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- C B Mcswain MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- C Robert Blanton MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Cabaniss-Story No. 1 MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Cabiness-Story No. 2 MineMica | Prospect | Underground
- Campbell MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Caraniss ProspectMica | Prospect | Surface
- Carl Harrelson MineMica | Prospect
- Carson ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- Charles Cornwell ProspectMica | Prospect
- Chrysolite MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Cliff Blanton MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Clippard ProspectMica | Prospect
- Clyde Warlick MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Coleman Blanton MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Cooke MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- D H Spangler ProspectsMica | Prospect
- D M Falls ProspectMica | Prospect
- E C Hambrick MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- E R Ellis MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Eli Glover MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Ellis North ProspectsMica | Occurrence
- Ellis ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- Eskridge MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Eskridge ProspectMica | Prospect
- F G Mcginnis MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Fallston ProspectMica | Prospect
- Frank Cornwall MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Fraser-English ProspectMica | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Fred Falls ProspectMica | Prospect
- Fulton ProspectMica | Prospect
- George Cooke ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- Gettys No. 1 MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Gettys No. 2 MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Greer ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- Griggs MinesMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Harris MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Hastings MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Herndon MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Horne ProspectMica | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Howell ProspectMica | Prospect
- Hunt MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Indiantown MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Ira London ProspectMica | Prospect
- J A Beam ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- J A Lovelace Nos 1, 2, & 3 MinesMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- J F Green MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- J L Foster ProspectMica | Prospect
- J T Martin ProspectsMica | Prospect
- Jake Hoyle ProspectMica | Prospect
- Jim Blanton ProspectMica | Prospect
- Jim King ProspectMica | Prospect
- Joe E Humphries MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Johnson DepositMica | Occurrence
- Jones MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Kings Mountain Mica MineMica | Producer | Surface
- Kings Mountain MineMica | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Kings Mtn Grinding PlantMica | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Lail ProspectMica | Prospect | Surface
- Lattimore MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Ledford MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Lee Cornwell MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Lee Hamrick MineMica | Prospect
- Lovelace Heirs MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- M H Gantt MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- M P Harrelson ProspectMica | Prospect
- M V Davis ProspectMica | Occurrence
- Magness ProspectMica | Prospect
- Martin MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Marvin King ProspectsMica | Prospect
- Mary Gold MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Maynard Washburn MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Mcintyre MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Mcneely ProspectMica | Prospect
- Metcalf MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Mica MineMica | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Mill Race MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Mitchem DepositMica | Occurrence
- Moss MineMica | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Mull MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Nebo ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- Niagara MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Old Carroll MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Old Lutz ProspectMica | Prospect
- P O Russ ProspectMica | Prospect
- Patterson MineMica | Past Producer
- Patterson Mine & MillMica | Producer | Surface
- Peeler No. 1 MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Philbeck MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Plato Scism ProspectMica | Prospect
- Pleaz Bridges MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Powell MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Putman MinesMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Railroad ProspectMica | Occurrence
- Ralph Gold MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Randall MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Rhyne ProspectMica | Occurrence
- Rice MineMica | Past Producer
- Royster MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Rudasill ProspectMica | Prospect
- S A Green MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- S J Green MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- S S Mauney MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Scism ProspectMica | Prospect
- Sherrill ProspectMica | Prospect
- Shorty ProspectMica | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Sweezy MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- T A Beam DepositMica | Occurrence
- T A Bridges ProspectMica | Prospect
- T C Stroud ProspectsMica | Prospect
- T N Spangler ProspectsMica | Prospect | Surface
- Tom Cabaniss MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Vess Cooke ProspectMica | Prospect
- W A Randall DepositMica | Occurrence
- W H Fortenberry ProspectMica | Prospect
- W H Humphries ProspectMica | Prospect | Underground
- W H Wellman ProspectsMica | Prospect
- Wallace MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Walter Davis MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Weathers MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Webb MineMica | Past Producer | Surface
- Wf Gold MineMica | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Williamson MineMica | Past Producer | Underground
- Woodrow ProspectsMica | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Wright ProspectMica | Prospect
- Zoar Green ProspectMica | Prospect
- Cleveland County PeNiobium (Columbium) | Unknown
- Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 029Quartz | Occurrence
- Kings Mountain Silica Inc MillQuartz, Mica, Feldspar, Clay | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Camp Creek Monazite Placer S TributaryREE, Thorium | Past Producer | Surface
- Beason Creek PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Buffalo Creek PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Buffalo Creek-Mcbrayer PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Cleveland County DredgeSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Cleveland County PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface
- Cleveland County PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Double Shoals DredgeSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Offshore
- First Broad River DredgeSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Offshore
- Shelby MineSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Shelby-Cleveland County MinesSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- J North Smith ProspectSilica | Prospect
- Job P77-100 PitStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface
- Kings Mountain Crushed Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- Kings Mountain PlantStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | A processing plant, not a working
- Unnamed Pegmatite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Cleveland County Sheriff or a city police department in Cleveland County. Ask that agency for its record.
How do I get a criminal background check in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
The North Carolina criminal history record comes from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Fingerprint based Right to Review of your own record using the SBI form Request for Access to Criminal History Record Information; a certified name search of court records in one county costs $25 at the clerk of superior court with Form AOC CR 314. Fee: $14 for a NC state fingerprint based check; $18 for a national fingerprint based check.
How can I look up sex offenders in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
Search the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry (State Bureau of Investigation), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
Register with the county board of elections or through the North Carolina State Board of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. The regular registration deadline is 25 days before Election Day; same day registration is available at early voting sites during the early voting period, not on Election Day for most voters. Online registration is open only to existing DMV customers with a DMV issued driver's license or ID.
How do I look up property records in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Cleveland County are kept by the Cleveland County Register of Deeds. Property values are set by the county tax assessor, and tax bills come from the county tax collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
Certified birth and death certificates for North Carolina come from the NC Department of Health and Human Services, NC Vital Records. Birth, death and marriage certificates may also be obtained at the Register of Deeds office in the county where the event took place, in most cases the same day. Online, by phone or by mail through VitalChek, the only authorized vendor for a state issued certified birth certificate, or in person at NC Vital Records. Fee: $24 state search fee, which includes one certificate; $15 for each added certificate.
How do I find business license records in Cleveland County, North Carolina?
Business entity filings are searched with the North Carolina Secretary of State, Business Registration Division. North Carolina has no single generic business license; besides state licenses, a local license may be required for your business.
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