Map of Cleveland town, North Carolina

Cleveland is a town in the Cleveland Township of Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 871 at the 2010 census.

Cleveland town overview:
Name:	Cleveland town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	North Carolina
County:	Rowan County
Elevation:	807 ft (246 m)
Total Area:	1.53 sq mi (3.98 km²)
Land Area:	1.53 sq mi (3.98 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	846
Population Density:	551.14/sq mi (212.79/km²)
ZIP code:	27013
Area code:	704, 980
FIPS code:	3713000
GNISfeature ID:	1019695
Website:	townofclevelandnc.gov

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History

The town dates from 1831 but was not incorporated until 1833. The first post office in Cleveland, Cowansville, was established in 1831. By 1850, prior to the US Civil War and the completion of the Western Carolina Railroad, the town was named Rowan Mills. Rowan Mills was named for the five story flour mill that Osborn Giles Foard owned in Cleveland. The Rowan Mills Post Office served the area north of the rail line and extended into Scotch Irish Township after the Civil War in 1870. The town and post office kept the name Rowan Mills until 1876 when it was renamed Third Creek Station. In the 1880 U.S. Census, there were 17 families and 89 persons living in the Village of Third Creek Station. It was not until 1884 that the townspeople renamed the town after Grover Cleveland, who is supposed to have visited the town during his presidential campaign.