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Lincolnton is a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,683 at the 2010 census. Lincolnton is located northwest of Charlotte, on the South Fork of the Catawba River, and near the junction of State Highway 27 and U.S. Route 321. It is the county seat of Lincoln County.
In June 1781, Lincolnton’s location was the site of the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill, a small engagement in which local Loyalists were defeated by pro-independence forces. Some historians consider the battle significant because it disrupted Loyalist organizing in the region at a crucial time. The battle site was chosen for the seat of Lincoln County after the old Tryon County, named for a hated royally-appointed governor, was divided. The city and the county were named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Lincolnton was the site of the first textile mill built in the state, constructed…