Mooresville is a large town located in the southwestern section of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States, and is a portion of the fast-growing Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 50,193 at the 2020 United States Census making it the largest municipality in Iredell County. It is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of Charlotte.

Mooresville is best known as the house of many NASCAR racing teams and drivers, along similar to an IndyCar team and its drivers, as skillfully as racing technology suppliers, which has earned the town the nickname “Race City USA”. Also located in Mooresville is the corporate headquarters of Lowe’s Corporation and Universal Technical Institute’s NASCAR Technical Institute.

Mooresville is located in southern Iredell County at 35°35′4″N 80°49′13″W / 35.58444°N 80.82028°W / 35.58444; -80.82028 (35.584337, −80.820139). Interstate 77 passes through the western side of the town, with access from Exits 31 through 36. I-77 leads south to the South Carolina link up and north to the Virginia line. Statesville, just to the north, is the county seat. Lake Norman, on the Catawba River, is 3 to 8 miles (5 to 13 km) west of the town center. Mooresville is located 27 miles (43 km) north of Charlotte and 16 miles (26 km) south of Statesville.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Mooresville has a total Place of 21.0 square miles (54.3 km), of which 20.9 square miles (54.2 km²) are land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km), or 0.24%, are water.