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Pineville is a town in (south Mecklenburg County, North Carolina) located in the Waxhaws district between Charlotte,
Pineville became known as a mule trading center during the time of the Charlotte 'gold rush'. At that time 'Pineville' was called 'Morrow's Turnout' Being located at the intersection of two major Indian trading routes. Pineville had vast meadows in which the animals of trade and transportation could be 'turned-out' to pasture.

North Carolina and Rock Hill, South Carolina. It is perhaps most famous as the birthplace of James K. Polk, the 11th U.S. president. His Pineville home is no longer standing, but an original cabin from that time period is kept there, symbolic of the one he was born in. Pineville is now a state historic site. It has two reconstructed log cabins both from the local area being built c. 1790. They are furnished in period antiques similar to what the Polks would have used. There is a main house, a cookhouse, and log barn, tours available by costumed guides. Ladybird Johnson( at that time the First Lady of the U.S.A.) came to Pineville to dedicate the new state site!!!! In addition to the period log houses there is a museum with a short film on the life and times of James Knox Polk along with period clothes and other artifacts of the area and era. A monument was erected in 1904 on the site of the present-day reconstructed cabins. The state of North Carolina moved the monument from its original location in 1964. It was moved to its current location near the visitor center in 1968.

In 1852 the Charlotte&Columbia Railroad came through Pineville, this was the first step into the 'modern world' The railroad wanted a more modern name so they came up with Pineville because of all the great stands of pinetrees in the area. Later in the 1890's Dover Yarn Mills established a cotton mill in Pineville which had been incorprated in 1873. This later became Cone Mills,Inc. Which operated in the town until the late 1970's The one block area of old pineville was a very bustling commercial area, having many different shops typical of any small town. Today this area is home to many quaint shops and resturants.