The Lake Norman Region encompasses three communities in northern Mecklenburg County, The Towns of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson are currently home to approximately 68,000 residents, but that number is growing rapidly thanks to the area's appealing lifestyle.

Lake Norman, the largest body of fresh water in North Carolina, takes its name from Norman Atwater Cocke, former president of Duke Power, the company that created the lake. Lake Norman was created in 1967 by the establishment of the Cowans Ford Dam on the Catawba River.

Lake Norman:

• Four counties border Lake Norman: Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln and Mecklenburg
• 520 miles of shoreline  
• 34 miles long and eight miles across at its widest point  
• 32,510 surface acres of water
• 130 feet deep at its deepest point; average depth is 33 feet

Lake Norman Region's convenient, easy-going way of life is only 15 minutes from Charlotte which is the second largest banking and financial center in the U.S. with nine Fortune 500 companies headquartered here, and more than 600 foreign-owned companies have local operations. A regional population of 2.3 million fuels a hard-working and well-educated workforce.