Lowell, North Carolina

Gaston Christian School is a private Christian school located in Lowell, North Carolina.

In the early hours of April 8, 2008, Jamie Fraley (born March 5, 1986), of Gastonia, North Carolina, United States, told a friend over the phone that she was going to the hospital for the third time in the last 24 hours due to a stomach flu. When asked who was taking her there, Fraley said it was another friend and declined to further identify that person. She has not been seen since; her cellphone was found a few days later but provided no useful information as to her whereabouts. Investigators initially believed she had met with foul play, and began focusing on Ricky Simonds Sr., her fiancé's father, who lived in the same apartment complex, as a person of interest. He had driven Fraley to the hospital on one of her previous visits that day, and had a criminal record that included prison time for manslaughter after he had strangled a girlfriend in the 1980s. However, the investigation ended two months later when Simonds was found dead, apparently of heat stroke, in the trunk of a former girlfriend's car.In 2015, a prison inmate confessed that he had killed Fraley, but he was incarcerated at the time Fraley disappeared. The investigation continues, and in 2012 the case was the subject of an episode of the Investigation Discovery channel's Disappeared.

McAdenville Historic District is a national historic district located at McAdenville, Gaston County, North Carolina. It encompasses 93 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the mill village associated with McAden Mills, a cotton mill chartered by the state legislature in 1881. The buildings were built between about 1884 and 1959, and include notable examples of Late Victorian and Italianate architecture. Notable buildings include 15 brick mill worker houses, remnants of McAden Mill No. 1 (1881–82) and McAden Mill No. 2 (1884–85), McAden Mill No. 3 (1906–07), and Pharr Corporate Offices (1906, c. 1955, c.1965) redesigned by Earle Sumner Draper.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Ashbrook High School is a public high school in the Gaston County Schools public school district located in Gastonia, North Carolina. The school was the result of the merger of two former senior high schools, Holbrook Senior High and Ashley Senior High. The first class graduated in 1971. Its attendance range covers most of the central and eastern portions of the City of Gastonia, as well as the towns of Ranlo and Lowell, and the community of Springdale.

McAdenville is a small town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Gastonia and located east of Gastonia. The population was 890 at the 2020 census.

The Mayworth School, also known as Cramerton School, is a historic school complex located at 236 Eighth Ave. in Cramerton, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Stuart W. Cramer and built in 1921 in the Classical Revival style. It is a two- and three-story red brick building with a hipped roof and pedimented portico. A two-story rear wing was added in 1930. Also located on the property are the contributing gymnasium (1939) and swimming pool (1945).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

South Point Township is a township in southeastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is represented on the Gaston County Board of Commissioners by Mickey Price of Belmont, who serves as Board Chairman. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 40,484.Incorporated communities in South Point Township are Belmont, Cramerton, McAdenville, Lowell, southern Mount Holly, and southeastern Gastonia. The township also includes the unincorporated area of Brown Town. Fire protection in unincorporated areas of the township is provided by Community Volunteer Fire Department (Station 32) in the north, Union Road VFD (Station 51) in the southwest, New Hope VFD (Station 50) in the south-central, and South Point VFD (Station 42) in the southeast. Most of South Point Township is in the South Point High School attendance district. Students in western parts of the township go to Forestview High School, northwestern parts to Ashbrook High School, and far northern parts to East Gaston High School. Attractions in southern unincorporated South Point Township include the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden and Carolina Speedway.

Cramerton is a small town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte and located east of Gastonia. The population was 4,165 at the 2010 census. A well-known feature is the Cramer Mountain gated development, featuring homes around an 18-hole golf course at Cramer Mountain Country Club.

Stuart W. Cramer High School is a public high school in the Gaston County Schools district located in Cramerton, North Carolina (though its mailing address says Belmont). Its attendance range covers the central portion of eastern Gaston County and includes all of the towns of Cramerton and McAdenville and portions of Belmont and Mount Holly. Jessica Steiner serves as principal. Assistant principals include Brittany Beckham, Phillip Morris and Chris Gardner. Mike Patton serves as athletic director. The school was named for Stuart W. Cramer of Thomasville, North Carolina. Cramer was the founder of Cramerton, North Carolina, a leading industrialist in the textiles and air conditioning industries, and one of the founding partners of Duke Power.

CaroMont Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital located in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. The hospital was organized in 1946 as a memorial to soldiers who died in World War II, and the present Court Drive facility opened in 1973.

Ranlo is a small town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States and a suburb of Charlotte, located north of Gastonia. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 4,511, up from 3,434 in 2010.

Eastridge Mall (formerly known as Westfield Eastridge) is a regional shopping mall located in Gastonia, North Carolina, and is 19 miles (31 km) west of uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Opened in 1976, it is located off Interstate 85 at exit 20, N. New Hope Road (North Carolina Highway 279), and the mall houses around 70 stores.As part of the mall's sale, the mall reverted to its former name, Eastridge Mall.