Gaston’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Gaston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Gaston was originally called Snag Town and then New Corner, and under the former name was platted on February 27, 1855, by David L. Jones. The name Gaston was adopted when the railroad was built through the town in 1901 during a local gas boom. In late 1904, Gaston was officially incorporated as a town.
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Start Gaston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gaston’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGaston-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gaston, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Nothing in Gaston is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gaston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Garner, Job-Miller, Jacob W., House in Harrison, 4.6 miles away.
Gaston and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gaston-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.