Notable Names
This British king issued land grants in the Mt. Holly area, allowing people to settle the land.
Who is King George?
Several Mt. Holly settlers fought in battles waged in the area during this war.
What is the American Revolution?
This is the name that the US Postal Service used for the Mt. Holly area prior to its official naming.
What is Woodlawn?
The Mt. Holly Library building was built one year prior to this decade.
What is the 1960s?
Mt. Holly High School had this bird as its mascot.
What is the hawk?
This long-time Mt. Holly educator was Woman of the Year in 1952 and had a local school named for her.
Who is Ida Rankin?
This devastating natural disaster hit Mt. Holly hard in 1916.
What is a flood?
James Kuykendall, the man who received the land grant for the Mt. Holly area, was from this European country.
What is Holland?
To reach mill villages and rural communities, the library used this vehicle to carry materials to patrons.
What is the bookmobile?
This title was given each year to a local young woman who stood out among her peers.
What is Miss Mt. Holly?
This man was the first former enslaved person to own land in Gaston County and was a local Mt. Holly businessman.
Who is Ransom Hunter?
The first person to die in this deadly event was a native of Mt. Holly named Ernest H. Riley.
What was the Belmont Mill Strike?
James Kuykendall called the area of Mt. Holly he settled in this, after his nationality and local water source.
What is Dutchman's Creek?
The very first library in Gaston County paid this much for 600 approved books.
What is $500?
Bright Star Drive-In began serving customers in this decade.
What is the 1950s?
This family of brothers built the Mt. Holly Cotton Mill and their name became prominent in the area.
Who are the Rhynes?
These people were the first to inhabit the Mt. Holly area.
Who are the Sugaree tribe of the Catawba nation?
This local elementary school no longer stands but once sat on Hawthorne Avenue where there are now apartments.
What was Rollins Elementary School?
The first library in Mt. Holly had no building of its own and instead occupied the basement of this club's building.
What is the Lion's Club?
Mt. Holly encompasses roughly this many square miles.
What is 10?
This local man was a military captain who settled in Mt. Holly and opened Holland Drugs, becoming the first person to sell ice cream in the area.
Who is Captain Washington Holland?
The 1963 NC state high school football championship was played in Mt. Holly on the same day as this tragic event in US presidential history.
What is the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
This hotel later became a theater and a cinema, and once sat near where the Vintage Nest is now.
What is the Central Hotel?
The Mt. Holly Branch Library currently employs this many official librarians.
What is 0?
Rounded to the nearest thousand, there are currently this many people living in Mt. Holly.
What is 17,000?