Editing Dallas, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Dallas was officially incorporated in 1863 and is the oldest incorporated town in Gaston County. It served as the original [[county seat]] for Gaston County from 1846 until 1911. The old Gaston County courthouse, renovated in 1868 after a fire, still stands in the main square of the town and formerly served as the headquarters of the [[Dallas Police Department (North Carolina)|Dallas Police Department]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gastongov.com/departments/planning/connect-city |title=Gaston County official government website. Retrieved on 2011-10-25. |access-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331212638/http://www.gastongov.com/departments/planning/connect-city |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallasnc.net/index.aspx?NID=66 |title=Dallas Police Department official web page. Retrieved on 2011-10-25. |access-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404224630/http://www.dallasnc.net/index.aspx?NID=66 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town government has renovated the courthouse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gastongazette.com/news/courthouse-61475-dallas-aside.html |title="Historic courthouse to find new uses," Gaston Gazette, October 4, 2011. Retrieved on 2011-10-25. |access-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107090939/http://www.gastongazette.com/news/courthouse-61475-dallas-aside.html |archive-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dallas began to decline in importance when the town commissioners refused to appropriate money for construction of bridges over several creeks for the [[Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway]] in the 1872.<ref>[http://www.dallasnc.net/index.asp?NID=121 Brief History], Town of Dallas official government website. Retrieved on July 10, 2008.</ref> The commissioners said the reason was because residents thought that trains would wake them during the night and frighten their livestock.<ref>Link, William A. ''William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education.'' Chapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Press, 1995. {{ISBN|978-0-8078-2167-1}}</ref> In 1890, [[Whitecapping|White Caps]] attacked the town "'Kuklux' style", destroying entire portions of the town.<ref>https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1890-09-06/ed-1/seq-1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> After this the county seat was relocated to Gastonia in 1911.

The [[Dallas Graded and High School]], [[Dallas Historic District]], [[Hoyle Historic Homestead|Hoyle House]], and [[Eli Hoyle House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>