Gibson’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Gibson. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Gibson was originally located in Richmond County, North Carolina. A post office was built in the area in 1846, and the town was named for its first postmaster, Noah Gibson. In 1883 the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad made plans to build a spur line to Gibson to bring goods to the locale and ship cotton out from local residents to markets. In anticipation of the railroad connection, Gibson residents erected a depot, hotel, academy, and several additional stores. The spur was built in 1884 and opened on July 1 with daily rail service to Hamlet. In 1891 the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad line from Bennettsville, South Carolina was linked to the Air Line at the Gibson depot. Scotland County was created in 1899 and Gibson became a part of the new jurisdiction. The town was incorporated that year. In 1904 a bank was established. A civic ruritan club was founded in 1946. The ra…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Gibson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gibson’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMethodist Church in Gibson, 1916, 1916: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Gibson
See all 1 →Gibson, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Gibson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gibson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mag Blue House in Laurinburg, 5.4 miles away.
Gibson 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 Methodist Church in Gibson, 1916 (1916) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.