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welcome to

our community

Welcome to the Montcross Area, consisting of the East
Gaston County, North Carolina communities of Belmont,
Cramerton, Gastonia, Lowell, McAdenville, Mount
Holly, Ranlo, and Stanley. Each community has its own
“personality” and distinctive culture to share with residents
and businesses.

Belmont Historical Society Museum & Grounds
Inside one of Belmont’s oldest homes are the exhibits that
reveal the town’s history through artifacts, photographs and
videos, and memorabilia. Donations are graciously accepted.
40 Catawba Street, Belmont, NC 28012
704-825-4848 | thebelmonthistoricalsociety.org

BELMONT Belmont was a distinguished textile The coming of the railroad through
Incorporated 1895 and railroad hub that was once home to downtown Belmont in 1871 connected
Mayor Charlie Martin North Carolina’s textile entrepreneurial trade and travel. A year later, the Caldwell
French for beautiful mountain – an legends. Belmont is a Tree City USA Plantation was purchased and donated
homage to Crowders Mountain – Belmont and its historic downtown, populated to Benedictine monks, leading to the
is surrounded by the natural beauty of with passionate local merchants, is a formation of Belmont Abbey. Chronicle
birdsong in the forests, rolling hills, and member of Main Street America. Dutch Mill opened in 1901 as Belmont’s first
the restorative waters of Lake Wylie and settlers built the first colonial fort near textile mill and one of a couple dozen by
the Catawba River. the junction of the South Fork and the end of the 20th Century. Many mills
Belmont has historic homes and Catawba rivers in the 1750s, originally here and across the South anchored mill
renovated textile mills now used for called Garibaldi Station. Agricultural villages, which included housing, stores,
housing and workspace. The downtown farms were the staple of the economy and churches and gave rise to mill-
streetlamps and brick sidewalks are as textile mills came into being, at first sponsored sports teams that competed.
nuances that fuse the nostalgia of times with power derived from capturing fast- The Chronicle Mill celebrated a
ago with local shops offering the latest in moving river water. grand reopening in its adaptive
home and fashion trends and services.
CaroMont Health’s investment in a
second hospital next to Belmont Abbey
College is stoking eastern Gaston When you turn on the tap, the flowing water is
County’s development. As construction sourced from the Catawba River/Lake Wylie on the
enters its last year, the hospital’s grand Gaston-Mecklenburg border.
opening is slated for mid-2024.

Median $262,000
Population 15,861 High School 92.2%
Home Value
Graduate
& Higher
Land Area 12.16 sq. miles Median $83,539
Source: ESRI 2023 Home Income

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