City profile · Small City
Gastonia, North Carolina
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Gastonia, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Richard Franks
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 72,848
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcegastonianc.gov/government/city-council-info.html ↗
- Official leadership pagegastonianc.gov/government/city-council-info.html ↗
- City websitegastonianc.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Richard Franks CurrentMayor · added Jul 3, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Walker Reid III FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 72,848
- Median household income
- $58,047
- Median age
- 37.8
- Land area
- 53.74 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,355.6 per sq mi
- County
- Gaston County
- Metro area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
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