REPORT ON GASTON COUNTY SOILS AND 



AGRICULTURE 



By C. B. Wii i.iA.Ms, W. E. Hkakn. J. K. Plummek. and W. F. Pate 



Gaston County lies in tlie southwesteni ]M\vt of the State, bordei-ing 

 the South Carolina line. It is bounded on tlie north by Lincoln County, 

 on the east by Mecklenburg County, on the south by South Carolina, 

 and on the Avest by Cleveland County. The county is l7Vo miles long 

 north and south, with an average width of about 20 miles, east and west. 

 It contains about 370 square miles, or 236,800 acres. 



Fic. 1. — Showins the gently rolling nature of the section of the State of whiih this 



county is a part. 



The general surface of the county consists of gently rolling, rolling to 

 hilly or broken and even mountainous areas. There are many broad, 

 level to gently rolling to rolling areas around Gastonia, Dallas, Antioch 

 Church, Cherryville, Alexis, Lucia, Belmont, and Laiion Church. The 

 hilly and broken areas are developed along the rivers and larger streams. 



lu elevation above the sea-level the county ranges from about 600 to 

 1,100 feet, being near 1,100 feet at the town of Kings Mountain, about 

 1,000 feet at Cherryville, and around 900 feet at Bessemer City. Of 

 course, the knolls and mountains rise much higher, and Pinnacle Moun- 



