Gaston County, North Carolina
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| Founded | December 21, 1846 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Gastonia | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Gaston County
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County Courthouse
Gaston County North Carolina
325 N Marietta St
Box 1578
Gastonia, NC 28053
704-868-7684
Reg of Deeds has b, m & d rec from 1913
Land records from 1847
Clk Sup Ct has div and ct rec
History
Parent County
1846--Gaston County was created 21 December 1846 from Lincoln County.
County seat: Gastonia [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1874--Courthouse fire destroyed many court records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
- Gaston NCGenWeb - cemetery listing
- Gaston County cemeteries on Find-A-Grave
Census
For tips on accessing Gaston County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Gaston County for European settlers included:[2]
- Occaneechi Path pre-historic
- Lower Cherokee Traders' Path pre-historic
- Catawba and Northern Trail pre-historic
- Fall Line Road about 1735 (overlapped Occaneechi Path)
- Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s (overlapped Occaneechi Path)
- Upper Road about 1783 (overlapped Lower Cherokee Traders' Path)
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
Schools
- Sacred Heart College - founded in 1892 by the order of the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy. Closed in 1987.
- Gaston County College Students - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county.
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Gaston County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb project.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the Early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
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