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North Carolina Counties
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North Carolina Counties
North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area,
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Gaston County, North Carolina
Gaston County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Gastonia
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 356
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Court House: PO Box 1578
Gastonia, NC 28053-1578
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
It was named in honor of William Gaston, a member of Congress and a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Gaston was formed in 1846 from Lincoln. It was named in honor of William Gaston, a member of Congress and a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. It is in the southwestern section of the State and is bounded by the state of South Carolina and
Cleveland, Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties. The present land area is 356.21 square miles and the 2000 population was 190,304. The court was ordered to be held at the home of Jesse Holland until a courthouse could be erected. Commissioners were named to select a site for the county seat as near the
center of the county as possible provided it was within two miles of Long Creek Baptist Meeting House. They were to acquire land, lay out a town by the name of Dallas, and erect a courthouse. Dallas continued to be the county seat until 1909 when Gastonia was, by popular vote, selected as the county
seat.
Neighboring Counties:
- State of South Carolina
- Cleveland
- Lincoln
- Mecklenburg
Cities and Towns:
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- Belmont |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bessemer City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cherryville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cramerton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dallas |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gastonia
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- High Shoals |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lowell |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- McAdenville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mount Holly |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ranlo |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spencer Mountain |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stanley |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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