Waxhaw is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.54 square miles (29.9 km2).

Waxhaw's northernmost municipal boundary is located four and one-half miles south of the Charlotte southernmost city limit.

The town of Waxhaw is in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, which is a wooded area with rolling hills.

The original inhabitants of the region were a Native American people group known alternately as either the Wysacky or the Waxhaws.

These raids continued until 1715, when the Waxhaw joined the Yamasee war effort against the British colony of South Carolina.

The tribes involvement in the Yamasee War led to their destruction at the hands of South Carolina's Catawba allies and the freeing of their land for European settlement.

Andrew Jackson, who later would become the seventh President of the United States, was born nearby in 1767, prior to the American Revolution.

However, there are historical marker signs around Waxhaw, North Carolina describing Andrew Jackson's early connection to the area.

[7] Andrew Jackson State Park is minutes from downtown Waxhaw, which has a memorial and other information about Andrew Jackson[8] The arrival of the railroad in 1888 created access to the markets of Atlanta and helped the town reach prosperity.

The railroad remains in the center of town and now, is bordered by a broad landscaped area that divides the rows of stores on either side.

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the community began to develop cotton mill factories for manufacturing textiles.

[10] New developments include individual residential housing, apartments, townhouses, and commercial complexes.

Waxhaw's downtown area is built to surround the train tracks that brought prosperity to the town.

[12] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,534 people, 4,773 households, and 4,051 families residing in the town.