List of mayors of Gastonia, North Carolina
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Gastonia is in Gaston County.
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Mayors
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- J.K. Dixon, 1888–1889, 1904-1906[1]
- Thos. L. Craig, ca.1910[2]
- Arthur Mills Dixon, ca.1917-1918[3][4]
- Robert Gregg Cherry, 1919-1923[4]
- Wiley T. Rankin, ca.1927[5]
- Emery B. Denny, 1929-1937[6]
- W. Harrelson Yancey, ca.1952-1955[6]
- Leon L. Schneider, ca.1956-1957[6]
- Vic Phillips, ca.1963[7]
- Roland E. Bradley, ca.1975-1976[8]
- Thebaud “T.” Jeffers, 1976-1984[8][1]
- Glendell Brooks, ca.1984[9]
- Jennifer Thomas Stultz, 1999-2011[10]
- John Bridgeman, 2011–2017
- Walker E. Reid III, 2017-2023[11]
- Richard Franks, 2024–present[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NRHP Registration Form: York-Chester Historic District (PDF), US National Park Service, 2005
- ^ Gastonia, North Carolina city directory, 1910-11, N.C.: Piedmont Directory Co., hdl:2027/nc01.ark:/13960/t8jd5267w – via HathiTrust
- ^ Gastonia, North Carolina city directory, 1918-1919, N.C.: House of Directories, hdl:2027/nc01.ark:/13960/t1wd42399 – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b Digital Gaston County, North Carolina, Gaston County Public Library, retrieved 2024-07-21
- ^ Gastonia, N.C. city directory, 1927-1928, Asheville, N.C.: Miller Press, hdl:2027/nc01.ark:/13960/t57d3sg0d – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b c Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Gastonia, North Carolina", Political Graveyard, retrieved 2024-07-21
- ^ Hill's Gastonia (Gaston County, N.C.) City Directory, 1963, Hill Directory Co., 1963 – via Internet Archive
- ^ a b "Black mayor in Gastonia", The Tribunal Aid, High Point, N.C., p. 5, 1976-02-04 – via DigitalNC
- ^ "City backtracks on plan to name spray park for former elected leader", gastongazette.com, 2017-12-16
- ^ "Mayor", ci.gastonia.nc.us, archived from the original on 2001-07-23 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ "Walker E. Reid III, Gastonia mayor, dies", charlotteobserver.com, 2024-01-02
- ^ "Mayor & City Council", gastonianc.gov, retrieved 2024-07-21