Gibsonville, NC
| Gibsonville, North Carolina | |
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| Town | |
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| Motto: "City of Roses" | |
 Location in Guilford County and the state of North Carolina. |
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| Coordinates: 36°6′9″N 79°32′21″W / 36.10250°N 79.53917°WCoordinates: 36°6′9″N 79°32′21″W / 36.10250°N 79.53917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Guilford, Alamance |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.51 sq mi (9.08 km2) |
| • Land | 3.49 sq mi (9.05 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 732 ft (223 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,410 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 7,029 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (710/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 27249 |
| Area code(s) | 336 |
| FIPS code | 37-25980 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0985675 |
| Website | www |
Gibsonville (“City of Roses”) is a city in both Alamance County and Guilford County, U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of Gibsonville is situated in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area while the eastern portion is in the Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing all of Alamance County. According to 2010 Census, population of Gibsonville was 6,410.
Before 1851, no official town of Gibsonville existed, only a few buildings supporting local farmers and some gold seekers.
Not until Joseph Gibson (1785-1857) whose father established farming and gold mining operations there as early as 1775 was a local farmer, providing grading services in 1851 for the newly formed North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) Company. Shortly afterwards Gibsonville began to emerge as commerce center.
The first train arrived on October 9, 1855, and the depot was named Gibson Station in his honor. On February 18, 1871, the state legislature issued a charter officially establishing the Town of Gibsonville.
Gold mining played a minor role here when deposits were discovered on Gibson Hill (or Gold Hill) south of town in the early 1800s. In 1888, the Chifar Consolidated Gold Mine Company began crushing ore at a mine a half mile south of the depot in Gibsonville.
The town cemetery is located in that area, but no graves have yielded gold. Captain. Billy Gilmer owned one of the first stores in town built before 1860, supplying farmers and miners. His wooden general store was at the corner of Main Street and Piedmont Street where Reno’s Pizza is now. Several wooden saloons were also located downtown during the frenzied gold mining days, making Gibsonville a rough and ready town with few restrictions.
The Depot Greens served as a holding area for livestock and agricultural goods being shipped out on the railroad, which was the primary economic purpose of Gibsonville. In 1886, a local self-taught entrepreneurial mill builder, Berry Davidson, constructed the steam powered Minneola textile mill on Railroad Avenue. Subsequently, he built the Hiawatha textile mill on Eugene Street in 1893. Together, these mills transformed Gibsonville from an agricultural shipping station into a vibrant small town with an industrial base.
In 1894, Dr. Jordan built the first two story brick building downtown on the corner of Main Street and Lewis Street, where Wade’s Jewelry is situated now. The remainder of the brick buildings facing the Greens were built between 1905 and 1920. The early 1920s were a boom time for Gibsonville when Main Street was paved, water and sewer lines installed, and street lights erected. The wooden buildings were replaced with brick structures standing today.
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