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Indian Trail Home Inspection and News

Indian Trail Home Inspection and News


Indian Trail was so named for the Native American trading path that ran straight through it from Petersburg, Virginia, to Waxhaw, the Indian settlement established in the 1800s. It's east of Charlotte about 1 mile off US 74 (Independence Boulevard) on Indian Trail Road. When the town incorporated in 1907, it was designed as a circle extending a half-mile in all directions from the center of the railroad tracks at the intersection of the main street. Today the town stretches for miles. Like so many tiny towns, Indian Trail was just a place to stop along the road until the railroad came through in 1874, connecting it with 
Charlotte and Monroe. Cotton bales lined the railway platforms for many years, and the town had a fine gin. Stores, churches, a sawmill, and a brickyard made this a thriving community until the Great Depression of 1929. Then times were lean until World War II.
Indian Trail still retains its rural beauty, and many dedicated citizens are the third or fourth generation in the community. Although Indian Trail is con­sidered a Charlotte bedroom community, it's actually located in Union County. Union is the fastest-growing county in the Carolinas, and Indian Trail hasn't escaped the influx. In the 1990s Indian Trail gained nearly 10,000 people for a total of nearly 12,000 residents, a 513 percent increase. Today the town, gov­erned by a mayor and a five-member city council, has continued to grow to 15,000 residents.
Wal-Mart and Union West Medical Plaza have opened recently, and plans are being made for a new 32,000-square-foot town hall. Indian Trail celebrates its centen­nial in 2007.