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We would like to provide the residents of  Gaston  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Gaston Home page. The Gaston Home page provides as much information as possible on Gaston. Knowing Gaston’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Gaston’s Home page, you will also find Gaston’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Gaston has a population of 860. 47.2% of Gaston’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.8 are female. 50.7% of Gaston is married and 81.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $59,151, and the average rent is $736. Household median income in Gaston is $47,250, and the individual median income is $24,196. Gaston’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.2%), Multiple(4.3%), Hispanic(4.1%), Asian(0.8%), Other(0.7%).


Gaston was originally called Snag Town, and under the latter name was platted in 1855. The name Gaston was adopted when the railroad was built through the town in 1901.Gaston currently has a preschool, elementary, and high school in the Wes-Del community school district. It also has a few churches, an ice cream parlor/restaurant called The Barking Cow, a funeral home and a few cemeteries located outside of the town center, a volunteer fire department and police department, a Dollar General and several small businesses.


The town has also had a newspaper, The Voice, which was released every other week until it was discontinued in May 2016 after producing a total of 8 volumes and 124 newspapers for over 10 years. Wes-Del Middle/High School has produced WDN, a weekly video featuring students reporting the current events occurring in the school, and released it on YouTube.


Wes-Del Middle/High School also became the first school to let students work on personal projects to be released to the school if desired and give out awards red carpet style in 2016. The motorcade transporting Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence passed through Gaston on May 18, 2019. The motorcade passed in front of Wes-Del High School where contestants and volunteers in the school's first color run had gathered and the vice president was saluted by volunteer fireman and Gaston police as he made his way to deliver a speech at Taylor University's graduation.


He also delivered a speech at the nearby Delta High School. Gaston is hoping to grow by opening new businesses and attractions. The town is hoping to reach a population goal of 2,500 by 2025.


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