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/