MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — A new park in Mount Holly will pay homage to a special figure in Gaston County’s history.
Ransom Hunter Park is named after the county’s first freed African American to own property.
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The Gaston Gazette reports the park is set to open mid-August.
It is located at the corner of Glendale Avenue and Hawthorn Road on the land where Hunter’s original home once stood.
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