Editing Cramerton, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Originally named Mayesworth,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1905 - 1915 |url=https://www.cramertonhistoricalsociety.org/1905---1915.html |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=Cramerton Historical Society |language=en}}</ref> the town was founded in 1906 when J.H. Mayes built a [[spinning (textiles)|spinning]] mill along the banks of the South Fork of the Catawba River, just east of [[Gastonia, North Carolina|Gastonia]]. In 1910, textile engineer and [[Thomasville, North Carolina|Thomasville]] native [[Stuart W. Cramer|Stuart Warren Cramer]] became owner and president of the mill and property. He turned the mill and the surrounding community into a model mill village.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Maddie |title=LibGuides: Gaston County History: Cities & Towns: Cramerton |url=https://gastonlibrary.libguides.com/gaston-history-cities-towns/cramerton |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=gastonlibrary.libguides.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1921, Cramer changed the name of the town to Cramerton, and the name of the mill to Cramerton Mills in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1915 - 1926 |url=https://www.cramertonhistoricalsociety.org/1915---1926.html |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=Cramerton Historical Society |language=en}}</ref> In 1923, Cramer built the Mayflower Weave Mill.

Cramer is credited with designing and equipping "about one-third of the new cotton mills in the South" between 1895 and 1915, and simultaneously acquiring extensive holdings in [[textile mill]]s. Among Cramer's numerous industrial engineering patents was one for the "Cramer System of Air Conditioning", which included the automatic regulation of temperature and humidity. These early innovations in [[air conditioning]] resulted more from the need to remove [[lint (material)|lint]] from the air (a persistent problem in the textile mills) than to cool the factory atmosphere. The term "air conditioning" is attributed to Cramer.<ref>[http://www.landmarkscommission.org/surveys&rparkscramer.htm The Parks-Cramer Company Complex] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004030823/http://landmarkscommission.org/surveys%26rparkscramer.htm |date=October 4, 2006 }}, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.  Retrieved on July 3, 2008</ref>

In 1946 the mills and homes were sold to [[Burlington Industries]], who in turn sold the homes to residents. The Town of Cramerton incorporated in 1967 and began providing municipal services.<ref>[http://www.cramerton.org Cramerton Online], official town government website. Retrieved on July 1, 2008</ref>

In 1997, a luxury home on Cramer Mountain was briefly the residence Steven Eugene Chambers, a participant in the [[October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2022 |title=25 years later: The Loomis Fargo heist |url=https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/loomis-fargo-heist-charlotte-david-ghantt-masterminds-movie-anniversary/275-18274549-dbaa-404c-85ff-76122b70b478 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=wcnc.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Mayworth School]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>