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Welcome to Kannapolis ...The city of Kannapolis is primarily located in Rowan County<1>. A portion of Kannapolis extends into Cabarrus County. The location of Kannapolis has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Kannapolis: kuh-NAP-uh-lis<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Kannapolis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. When the people of Kannapolis refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Kannapolitan<4> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Kannapolis has a population of 50,798 people<5> (see below for details). Kannapolis is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<6>. Time Zone: Kannapolis lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Kannapolis: (704) & (980)<7> Websites for Kannapolis ...Official Website: www.ci.kannapolis.nc.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Kannapolis had an population of 50,798 people. This is an increase of 19.17% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 37.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Kannapolis had a population of 42,625 people (or 30.79% of the total population of Rowan County). This makes Kannapolis the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Kannapolis represents 0.45% of the population of North Carolina (which has 9,535,483 people), making it the state's 20th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 42,625 people, the population of Kannapolis increased 15.48% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 36,910 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Kannapolis. Communities near Kannapolis ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kannapolis.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kannapolis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kannapolis. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kannapolis. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kannapolis. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kannapolis. See our Newspapers Page for Kannapolis. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kannapolis ...Looking for more information about Kannapolis? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Kannapolis, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Kannapolis. Adding Kannapolis to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kannapolis in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Kannapolis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Kannapolis on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for North Carolina (1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Kannapolis. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Kannapolis: www.ci.kannapolis.nc.us/ The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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