Editing Gaston, Indiana (section)

==History==
Gaston was originally called Snag Town and then New Corner, and under the former name was [[plat]]ted on February 27, 1855 by David L. Jones.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lasley|first=Norma|title=Delaware County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhqWZY1YhakC&pg=PA47|year=2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9430-9|page=47}}</ref> The name Gaston was adopted when the railroad was built through the town in 1901 during a local gas boom.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA165 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Kemper, William Harrison | year=1908 | pages=165}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Snagtown ~ New Corner Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=141475 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> In late 1904, Gaston was officially incorporated as a town.<ref name=":0" />

Gaston currently has a preschool, elementary, and high school in the [[Wes-Del Community Schools Corporation|Wes-Del community school district]]. It also has a few churches, an ice cream parlor/restaurant called The Barking Cow, a funeral home and a few cemeteries located outside of the town center, a volunteer fire department and police department, a [[Dollar General]] and several small businesses. The town has also had a newspaper, [[The Voice (Gaston, Indiana newspaper)|''The Voice'']], which was released every other week until it was discontinued in May 2016 after producing a total of 8 volumes and 124 newspapers for over 10 years. [[Wes-Del Middle/High School]] has produced [[Wes-Del News|WDN]], a weekly video featuring students reporting the current events occurring in the school, and released it on [[YouTube]]. Wes-Del Middle/High School also became the first school to let students work on personal projects to be released to the school if desired and give out awards [[red carpet]] style in 2016.

The motorcade transporting Vice President [[Mike Pence]] and [[Karen Pence]] passed through Gaston on May 18, 2019. The motorcade passed in front of Wes-Del High School where contestants and volunteers in the school's first [[color run]] had gathered and the vice president was saluted by volunteer fireman and Gaston police as he made his way to deliver a speech at [[Taylor University]]'s graduation. He also delivered a speech at the nearby [[Delta High School (Muncie, Indiana)|Delta High School]].

Gaston is hoping to grow by opening new businesses and attractions. The town is hoping to reach a population goal of 2,500 by 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianaeconomicdigest.net/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=75&ArticleID=81217|title=Gaston, rising: Small town looks to build, grow|publisher=[[The Star Press]] and [[Indiana Economic Digest]]|last=Shuey|first=Mickey|date=September 19, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Gaston-indiana-from-above.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Gaston from the northeast.]]