Pineville (; locally /ˈpiːnvəl/) is a suburban town in the southernmost portion of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, situated in the Waxhaws district along with Charlotte and Fort Mill.

Pineville became known as a mule trading center during the grow old of the Charlotte ‘gold rush’. At that time ‘Pineville’ was called ‘Morrow’s Turnout’. Located at the intersection of two major Native American trading routes, it had gigantic meadows in which the animals of trade and transportation could be ‘turned-out’ to pasture.

Pineville was incorporated as a town in 1873. The origins of the pronounce Pineville can be traced help to 1852, when the Charlotte & Columbia Railroad came through the Pineville area. The railroad wanted a more enlightened name, and the large stands of pine trees in the area inspired the new name – Pineville. In the 1890s, Dover Yarn Mills traditional a cotton mill in Pineville. This mill far ahead became Cone Mills, Inc., which operated in the town until the late 1970s. The one-block Place of archaic Pineville was a bustling poster area, with many swap shops. Today this area is house to many quaint shops and restaurants.

The addition of Pineville was greatly distorted through the initial segment of I-485 start to traffic. Although the one-mile (1.6 km) stretch connecting interchanges at NC Highway 51 and South Boulevard was meant to engross through traffic re Charlotte via a freeway loop, I-485 incidentally passed through Pineville’s town limits. In the years to follow, largely undeveloped land adjacent to Pineville’s two I-485 interchanges, developed into what is now the largest shopping district in North Carolina. With nearly 8,000,000 square feet (743,000 m) of retail space, Pineville is house to the 1,100,000-square-foot (100,000 m²) Carolina Place Mall, at least two capability centres and many strip malls, outparcels and free-standing retailers.