Mount Holly Fast Facts
Incorporated: March 11, 1879
Named after: Either holly trees that grew on the banks of Dutchman's Creek or after Mount Holly, N.J., a northern textile center.
Former names: Woodlawn, Tuckaseege
Slogan: The Little City with The Big Heart
Historic sites: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1881; C.E. Hutchinson House and Augusta Rhyne Cannon, 1894; Dellinger-Nantz House, 1899.
Population: 2000 census, 9,618
Tax rate: 54 cents per $100 valuation
City Offices: City Hall, 131 S. Main St. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: (704) 827-3931.
Websites: www.mtholly.us and www.mounthollyfoundation.org
Frequently called numbers City Hall Office: (704) 951-3000 City Manager David Kraus: (704) 827-3931 Police Department: (704) 827-4343 Fire & Rescue: (704) 827-2424 Recreation: (704) 951-9005 or (704) 951-9006
City Council Mayor Robert Whitt (704) 827-5898 Mayor Pro Tem David Moore (704) 827-2961 Bennie Brookshire Perry Toomey Carolyn Holbrook Breyare Frank McLean: (704) 827-2801 Jerry Bishop: (704) 827-2034
City Council meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. and the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at City Hall
Post Office: 136 E. Central Ave., 28120, (704) 827-6415. Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon.
Trash Service: The city offers curbside garbage pickup. Residents are assigned a collection day by street routes. Questions: (704) 827-9726.
Utilities: Water and sewer billing at City Hall, 131 S. Main St. Questions: (704) 827-3943.
Mount Holly Branch Library: 245 W. Catawba Ave., (704) 827-3581. Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Learn more about Mount Holly and other Gaston County towns at: http://www.discovergaston.com/
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