[3] It was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,[4] a British queen of German origin.

[3] Mecklenburg County is governed by a nine-member Board of Supervisors, each elected from a single-member district.

They serve as the county's legislative and policy body, enacting laws, ordinances, and taxes.

The board members are:[5] Mecklenburg County operates under what is commonly referred as the "traditional form" of county government under the Virginia Constitution, under which voters elect five countywide "constitutional officers": Listed below are the County facilities, the department housed in that facility and its head.

[7] As of the census[14] of 2010, there were 32,727 people, 12,951 households, and 8,962 families residing in the county.

27.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.