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Bessemer City, North Carolina
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Bessemer City, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Becky S. Smith
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 5,119
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebessemercity.com/mayor-becky-s-smith-named-gaston ↗
- Official leadership pagebessemercity.com/mayor-becky-s-smith-named-gaston ↗
- City websitebessemercity.com ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Becky S. Smith CurrentMayor · added Oct 9, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
- Kenneth E. Gulley FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
- Oct 9, 2026 · Accepted by reviewerKenneth E. Gulley replaced by Becky S. Smith, MayorSource: bessemercity.com/mayor-becky-s-smith-named-gaston ↗
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 5,119
- Median household income
- $44,440
- Median age
- 38.5
- Land area
- 5.69 sq mi
- Population density
- 899.6 per sq mi
- County
- Gaston County
- Metro area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
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