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Gerton, NC - History


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


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

Gerton has a population of 258. 55% of Gerton’s inhabitants are Male, and 45 are female. 55.8% of Gerton is married and 71.7% own their own home. Gerton’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%).


The area was first connected by a Drovers' road, a natural access into the interior of the Blue Ridge Mountains for drovers who were moving livestock, mostly flocks of turkeys and some geese, herds of hogs and some cattle in and out of the mountains to the markets. Established in 1798, it connected the area with Asheville, following on what is today U.S.


Route 74A (US 74A). In 1883 the "Pump" Post Office was opened, named after a pump that supplied water off Bearwallow Mountain to the community in the valley. In 1902, the United States Post Office issued a new cancelling stamp for the post office, but had misspelled Pump as Rump. The residents, being both upset and embarrassed, decided to rename the community after a long-time and beloved school teacher in the community, Gertrude Freeman.


However, having been known to be very shy and modest, it was decided to use a contraction of her name instead, Gerton.


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