Digital Gaston County, North Carolina

The yearbooks shown here are from two sources:

1. a “direct link” to a web site (example: Digital NC Yearbooks). To see the “Direct link” books, just click the year.
2. in the database “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016” at Ancestry Library Edition. 
   To view the yearbooks on Ancestry Library Edition , go to the specific database, “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016”. 
   You can search for a name, or, you can browse by place.
   Ancestry Library Edition can be used for free at all Gaston County Public Library branches.

NCGenWeb NC Yearbook Index includes many students (in most cases just the senior class) found in North Carolina yearbooks. The index will tell you what yearbook contains the student. List of yearbooks included in the index.
Go to: https://www.ncgenweb.us/nc-ybook/

African American High Schools in North Carolina:  a list of the names and locations of all of the public African American high schools compiled from the North Carolina Educational Directory around the time that the schools were desegregated.
Go to: https://tools.digitalnc.org/aahighschools/

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Middle Schools by City:

Dallas:

                   William C. Friday Middle School:  Ancestry:   Cavalier,     1976

 

High Schools by City            

Belmont:

                   Belmont High School:  Direct link:  Clarion,  1943  1956

                   Belmont High School:  Ancestry:  Clarion,  1939  1940  1941  1942  1950  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1961  1962  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968

                   Reid High School:  Ancestry:  Blue and Gold,  1960

                   Sacred Heart Academy:  Ancestry:  Gradatim,  1935  1938  1963

                   Sacred Heart Academy:  Direct link:  Prospectus,  1903

                   South Point High School: Ancestry:  Clarion,   1971  1974  1975  1977  1978  1979  1980  1982  1987

Bessemer City:

                   Bessemer City High School:  Ancestry:   Golden Hours,     1950 1959  1964 1967  1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Cherryville:

                   Cherryville High School: Direct link: Chenoca, 1939 1974

                   Cherryville High School:   Ancestry: Chenoca,    1939  1951  1952  1953  1954  1955  1957  1964  1970  1972  1973  1975

                   John Chavis High School:  Ancestry:  The Lion,  1963

                  North Brook High School:  Direct link:  Le Souvenir,  1945  1947  1948  1949  1950  1951  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1958  1960  1961

                  North Brook High School:  Ancestry:  Le Souvenir,  1942   1959

Cramerton:

                   Cramerton High School: Direct link:  Eagle,  1955  1956  1957  1958  1959  1960  1961

                   Cramerton High School:  Ancestry:   Eagle, 1951  1954  1955  1960  1961

Dallas:

                  Dallas High School: Direct Link: Orion, 1966-1967

                  Dallas High School:  Ancestry:  Yellow Jacket, 1948  1950  1967

                  North Gaston High School:  Ancestry:  Noga, 1986

                  Old Gaston College (private school formerly known as Gaston High School): Direct link:  Quarterly Report Card,   1888

Gastonia:

                  Ashbrook High School:  Ancestry:  Leaves of Green,  1971  1972  1973  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1982  1983  1984  1985  1989  1992  1993  1997

                  Ashley High School:  Direct link: Spinner,  1922 1933 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955  1957  1958  1964 1965

                  Ashley High School: Ancestry: Spinner,  1961  1963  1964

                  Gaston Christian High School: Ancestry:  1998 

                  Gaston Day School: Ancestry:  Circa, 1980  1981  1986  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  2005

                  Gaston Day High School: Ancestry:  1970  1985  1986  1987  1988 

                  Gastonia High School:  Direct link: Spinner, 1922  1933  1944  1945  1946  1947  1948  1949  1950  1951  1952  1955

                  Gastonia High School:  Ancestry:  Spinner,  1922  1933  1935  1936  1941  1944  1945  1946  1947  1948  1949  1950  1951  1952  1954  1955

                  Gastonia Senior High School:  Ancestry: Spinner,  1952

                  Highland High School: Ancestry: Ram,  1961  1964

                  Highland High School: Direct Link: Ram, 1961  1966

                  Hunter Huss High School:  Direct Link:  Astron, 1965  1966  1967

                  Hunter Huss High School:  Ancestry:  Astron, 1965  1966  1967  1968  1969  1970  1971  1978  1979  1981  1982  1984  1988

                  Victory Christian Academy: Ancestry: 1984  1985  1986

Lowell:

                  Holbrook High School:  Ancestry:  The Lion,  1956  1957  1958  1964  1965  1966  1970

                  Lowell High School:  Ancestry:  The Lion,  1953  1955

Mount Holly: (Search City by "Mt. Holly" and "Mount Holly" in Ancestry)

                   East Gaston High School: Ancestry: Imprimis,  1951  1953  1974  1982  1983  1984  1988  1989  1994

                   Mount Holly High School:  Direct link: Holly Hawk,  1938  1948  1960  1961  1962

                   Mount Holly High School:  Ancestry:  Holly Hawk,  1938  1948  1951  1952  1953  1960  1961  1962

Stanley:

                   Stanley High School: Ancestry: Forget Me Not,  1965  1966  1971

 

 

Colleges by City

Belmont:

                  Belmont Abbey College: Direct link:  The Spire,  1934   1935   1937   1938   1939   1940   1941   1946   1948   1949   1950  1951   1952   1953   1954   1955   1956   1957   1958   1959   1960   1961   1962   1963   1964   1965   1966   1967   1968   1969   1970   1971   1972   1973   1974   1975   1976   1977   1978   1980    1981    1982   1984   1985   1986   1987   1988   1989   1990   1991   2005   2006   2009

                   Belmont Abbey College:  Ancestry:  The Spire,1934  1935   1937  1938  1939  1940  1941  1946  1948 1949  1950  1951  1952  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1958  1959  1960  1961  1962 1963  1964  1965 1966  1967  1968  1969  1970  1971  1972  1973  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1980  1981  1982  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988

                    Sacred Heart College:  Direct link: Gradatim,  1933  1934  1935  1936  1937  1938  1939  1940  1941  1942  1943  1946  1947  1948  1949  1950  1951  1952  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1958  1960  1961  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969  1970  1971  1972  1973  1974  1975  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987

                    Sacred Heart College: Ancestry:  Gradatim,  1933  1934  1935  1936 1937  1938  1939  1940  1941  1942  1943  1946  1947  1948  1949  1950  1951  1952  1953  1954  1955  1956  1957  1958  1960  1961  1962   1964  1965  1966  1967  1968  1969  1970  1971  1972  1973  1974  1975  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987 

                      Sacred Heart Junior College:  Ancestry:  Gradatim, 1963

                      St. Mary's College:  Direct link:  Catalogue of the officers and students, 1896-1897  1907-1908

Dallas:

                    Gaston College.  Founded 1879 as coed Gaston High School.  Became co-educational Gaston College in 1887.  Became a girls only boarding school in 1889/1890 session.  Direct link: Catalogue [lists alumni since 1887]

 

 

                    Gaston College: (Founded in 1952, the institution was originally called Gaston Technical Institute. Run under the banner of the School of Engineering at North Carolina State College (which changed its name to NC State University in 1962), the school was later renamed to Gaston College in 1964.) Direct link: Reveleer, 1966  1967  1968  1969  1970  1971  1972  1973  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985

Gastonia:

                  Gaston Technical Institute:  (Founded in 1952, the institution was originally called Gaston Technical Institute. Run under the banner of the School of Engineering at North Carolina State College (which changed its name to NC State University in 1962), the school was later renamed to Gaston College in 1964.) Direct link: Tech Paths,  1959  1960  1961  1962  1963  1964 [as The Tomcat]  1965

 

Author: Gaston County Public Library
Title:  Yearbooks
URL: http://gastonlibrary.org/index.cfm/research/genealogy-local-history/yearbooks/
Revised: 1 April 2021