Page 15 - Montcross Area Chamber NCG 2023

welcome to

gaston county

Just west of Charlotte in central North Carolina, Gaston People here fish and swim, kayak,
County’s nearly 235,000 people are situated in an expanse and pause with paint brushes between
strokes on canvases, filling the details of
punctuated by flowing waters and verdant forests with leaves
a life being lived and observed.
on some trees larger than dinner platters.
The earliest European settlers of
Gaston County were principally Scots
This region is the grandmother of the that is leading them to be watchful
Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and English
nation’s textile industry in the 1800s, and protective of their quaint
who encountered the indigenous
followed by the arrival and expansion of downtowns and special places.
Cherokee and Catawba nations in the
railroads we depend upon today. Historic and authentic pockets of culture
Piedmont area. Gaston County was
Oh, Charlotte. The big city next door is are tucked away, outwardly visible, and
founded in 1846 and is named for
bursting at the seams. Gaston County is overlapping every downtown corner.
William Gaston, a U.S. Representative
experiencing growth and revitalization The North Carolina Thread Trail
from North Carolina and member of the
due partly to the outward sprawl of its weaves our communities together the
North Carolina State Supreme Court.
larger neighbor, turning mill towns into smart way by encouraging walking,
neighborhoods, each with its design strollers, bikes, and wheelchairs. Enjoy your journey and check out the
largest manmade whitewater course
and influence. Residents find more Watch the Catawba River’s currents
affordable housing and opportunities move through Mount Holly and in the world, dinosaur skeletons, or a
here across the Catawba River. Belmont on the county’s eastern whimsical cotton candy factory. Smell
Imagine that our communities border and the South Fork River garden blooms of the world on 380
are pieces of a quilt stitched by flowing through Lowell, McAdenville, acres along the banks of Lake Wylie.
entrepreneurial hands. Belmont, and Cramerton. The South Fork and From our local downtown nightlife
Cramerton, Gastonia, Lowell, Catawba rivers combine in southern scenes to the best of libraries, parks,
McAdenville, Mount Holly, Ranlo, and Belmont to form Lake Wylie with its 325 and festivals, Gaston County is yours to
Stanley are all experiencing growth miles of shoreline. love in all the ways you can.

2024 Welcome Guide & Business Directory • MontcrossAreaChamber.com Welcome to Gaston County n 11