Text Box: Living in … HUNTERSVILLE Text Box: Established:  1873 Population:  34,332 Median Household Income:  $71,932 Median Home Price:  $182,800 Town Hall:                  101 Huntersville-Concord Road                  Huntersville, NC 28078                  704.875.6541                  www.huntersville.org   Law Enforcement:  Huntersville Police Department … 704-875-6542, www.huntersville.org/police_0.asp Text Box:            Huntersville is by far the largest North Mecklenburg town, with a population of about 40,000.            It also started out as a mill town.  Today, thousands have flocked to its new neighborhoods and the town’s Exit 25 is synonymous with national chain shopping and dining.            Birkdale Village has stores including Gap, Banana Republic and Ann Taylor Loft along with a movie theater, ice cream shop, coffee shop and wine bar, all centered around a fountain.  Retailers face an outdoor main street and are topped with apartments.            The countryside in and around Huntersville is home to much early Mecklenburg history.  Beatties Ford Road takes you by Hopewell Presbyterian Church, the burial ground for two Revolutionary War heroes. Text Box: Reference: The Charlotte Observer—Living Here at the Lake 2007