<Tr> <Th> GNIS feature ID </Th> <Td> 987260 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.huntersville.org </Td> </Tr> <P> Huntersville is a large suburban town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States . A part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, the population was 46,773 at the 2010 census, and had increased to 52,704 according to the 2015 census annual estimate, making Huntersville the 17th largest municipality in North Carolina . It is located 14 mi (23 km) north of Charlotte . </P> <P> It is thought that the town derives its name from the Rev. Humphrey Hunter, a minister at Steele Creek and Unity Presbyterian Churches and a local Revolutionary War hero . Others debate that it is either named for Robert B. Hunter, a local cotton farmer, or the generous and kind grade - school teacher Elizabeth Hunter and her husband, Travis Hunter, the town's first Crossing Guard . Elizabeth and Travis are also known as the parents of the first baby boy born in Huntersville, Cason Shaffer Hunter . </P>

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