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Gaston County was founded in 1846, partitioned from Lincoln County. It is named for William Gaston, a U.S. Representative from North Carolina and member of the state supreme court. Between 1845 and 1848, Gaston County experienced an industrial boom. During this three-year period, the first three cotton mills in the county were established.
FIPS code. 45-28780 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1231307 [2] Website. www.gastonsc.org. Gaston is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,645 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Gaston College has three campuses and one regional training center: Dallas Campus - (Main Campus) Dallas, Gaston County; The Dallas Campus comprises twelve buildings which contain approximately 450,868 square feet (41,887.0 m 2). There is an efficient road system and parking for more than 2,000 cars. College facilities are available for public use.
Crowders Mountain State Park is a 5,217-acre (21.11 km 2) [1] North Carolina state park in Gaston County, North Carolina in the United States. It is near Kings Mountain, North Carolina and on the outskirts of Gastonia, North Carolina, it includes the peaks of Crowder's Mountain and The Pinnacle. Crowders Mountain is named for Crowders Creek ...
Downtown Gastonia Historic District is a national historic district located at Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 77 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Gastonia. The commercial, civic, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings were built between the 1890s and 1954 ...
July 26, 1973. Boundary increase. April 13, 2022. Dallas Historic District is a national historic district located at Dallas, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses eight contributing buildings surrounding the courthouse square and dated between about 1840 and 1900. Dallas served as the county seat of Gaston County from 1847 to 1911.
G. G. Allen Steam Station is a 1.140 GW coal-fired electricity generating facility, located in South Point Township, Gaston County, North Carolina, on man-made Lake Wylie (part of the Catawba River). Units 1 and 2 (165 MW each) began operating in 1957; units 3, 4, and 5 (275 MW each) in 1959, 1960, and 1961 respectively.
The South Fork Catawba River travels 48.5 miles, passing along the communities of Lincolnton, High Shoals, McAdenville, and Cramerton, to Lake Wylie where its now submerged confluence with the Catawba River lies near the North Carolina and South Carolina border. Signage on roadways crossing the river acknowledge it as the "South Fork River".