Gastonia, North Carolina — Gastonia is a city in and the county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina. Located in the western part of the state, it sits approximately 21 miles west of Charlotte. The city is recognized as a historic center for textile manufacturing and includes several sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places.This page organizes FFL dealer listings associated with Gastonia, North Carolina within the directory’s location hierarchy. Visitors can keep browsing focused on the named place, move through its surrounding geography, and open individual listings for record-specific information. The page remains centered on the location itself while the catalogue can change independently. Use the hierarchy to return to broader place pages or continue toward a more specific community. Each step keeps the browsing path anchored to a named place and its surrounding geographic context.