THE KINGS MOUNTAIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kings Mountain setting.
Kings Mountain city has 14.9 square miles of land in Cleveland County, Gaston County. Its Census reference point is in Kings Mountain, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Kings Mountain intersects 2 county geographies: Cleveland County, Gaston County. A Kings Mountain mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Kings Mountain by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Kings Mountain, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 8.3 percentage points lower than the 9.7% recorded for North Carolina. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kings Mountain city has 2.6 times the land area of nearby Bessemer City city (5.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

