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CORNELIUS, NORTH CAROLINA

 

Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Norman, Cornelius is a town  in Northern Mecklenburg County.  

 

The population was 24,866 at the 2010 Census.  Founded in 1893 and then established in 1905, Cornelius began as a small mill and farming community.  Originally known as "Liverpool", the town changed its name in honor of a man who invested in the town by supplying money to open the town's cotton mill, Joseph Benjamin Cornelius.