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Gaston County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- William Gaston
- Seat
- Gastonia
- Largest community
- Gastonia
- Total
- 363.68 sq mi (941.9 km )
- Land
- 355.75 sq mi (921.4 km )
- Water
- 7.93 sq mi (20.5 km ) 2.18%
- Estimate 2025
- 246,558
- Density
- 640.74/sq mi (247.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- www .gastongov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Gaston
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Gastonia
- Capital
- Gastonia
- Population
- 227943
- Area
- 942
- Shares border with
- Cleveland County
- Headquarters
- Gastonia
- Official website
- www.gastongov.com
- Image
- Historic 2nd Gaston County Courthouse - Gastonia, NC.jpg
- Households
- 85286
Show 10 more facts
- topic has template
- Template:Gaston County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1846-12-21
- Commons category
- Gaston County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Gaston County, North Carolina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Gaston County, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gaston County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 2.2
- native label
- Gaston County
- different from
- Gaston
- per capita income
- 28526
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaston County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 227,943. The county seat is Gastonia. Dallas served as the original county seat from 1846 until 1911.
Gaston County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,805,115 in 2023. The county is located in the southern Piedmont region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaston County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.