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Mecklenburg County votes to keep current borders with Union County

CHARLOTTE — Mecklenburg County commissioners voted Tuesday night to leave the border alone at the Union County line in the Shannamara neighborhood. Its golf course is named The Divide, a nod to its run through Union and Mecklenburg counties.

In January, a heated debate was sparked over which county some of the homes in the neighborhood belonged to. Union County officials informed Mecklenburg County officials that the two counties are going off two different border lines. That means some people living in Union County could actually be living in Mecklenburg.

It comes down to where a line is drawn on Abergele Lane, putting about 1,000 acres in limbo. The Shannamara neighborhood is split between Stallings and Matthews and is off Idlewild Road.

Mecklenburg County leaders said they do not want to cause major disruptions and are asking the state to officially adopt the current borders.

Channel 9 spoke with residents in January who were concerned they would end up in Mecklenburg.

John DiCristo has lived in the neighborhood since 1996. He’s on the Union County side but just feet away from Mecklenburg County. All of that may soon change.

“We don’t want to live in Mecklenburg County,” resident Dicristo said. “Our taxes are Union County, our politicians we know and like are Union Count, everything we know is Union County.”

Commissioners in Mecklenburg supported an earlier resolution keeping the boundary where it is. Union County approved a similar resolution last month.

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