New London is a town in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 600 at the 2010 census, and was estimated to be 724 as of 2019. The town lies in the company of Albemarle and Richfield along U.S. 52 in the southern Piedmont region of the state, approximately 45 miles (72 km) east-northeast of Charlotte. It was the site of a gold mine, which was lithe during periods of the mid-1800s and ahead of time 1900s.

New London was founded as the unincorporated unity of Bilesville, north of Albemarle, circa 1830, and named after Thomas “Uncle Tommy” Biles, a local landowner and farmer. At the time, the estate was portion of Montgomery County until Stanly County was formed in 1841. Near the Place where the first Carolina Gold Rush took place, gold was found close Bilesville and the first mine was opened in 1859, though it closed during the Civil War. When the New London & States Company purchased the mine to reopen it in the to the lead 1870s, and at the instruction of company giving out W. A. Judd, the agreement voted to rename itself after the company. The settlement became officially incorporated as a town upon March 25, 1891. The main gold mine, known as the Parker Mine (after the farmer upon whose home it was discovered) ceased operation in 1894, though several further local industries continued to come taking place with the keep for employment for the town, including a cordage mill, a lumber mill, a brick mill, and a livery stable. In 1923, less than three years after the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote, the town elected Mrs. T. V. Staton as their mayor, becoming the first female mayor, as capably as the first female to relieve in municipal management in the state. The mine was reopened for a get older starting in 1934, and throughout the 1920s and 1930s, modern amenities such as telephone service, electrical service, paved roads, and a let pass highway were built in town. Town sewer and water help was completed in 2002.

As of January, 2021, The Town Board of New London consists of:

New London is located at 35°26′41″N 80°13′7″W / 35.44472°N 80.21861°W / 35.44472; -80.21861 (35.444859, -80.218723).