Gatesville, NC

Gatesville is a town in Gates County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 267 residents. Gatesville is the county seat of Gates County. The area which presently encompasses Gatesville was originally known as Bennetts Creek Landing. Gatesville's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider North Carolina setting. The local scoop is how Gatesville's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. From 1779 it was known as Gates Courthouse until its incorporation in 1830 as Gatesville, being named for Horatio Gates, a commander in the American Revolutionary War.