Tryon is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Gaston County

Gaston County, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, United States

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. It is in Cherryville Township

Cherryville Township, Gaston County, North Carolina

Cherryville Township is a township in northwestern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It includes the incorporated City of Cherryville, the inactive incorporated town of Dellview, the unincorporated area of Tryon, and a portion of the town of High Shoals...

, located approximately 4.7 miles (7.6 km) southeast of the city of Cherryville

Cherryville, North Carolina

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 on North Carolina Highway 274. The rural Gaston County election precinct centered on Tryon had a voting-age population of 1524 in the 2000 Census.

The Tryon community is near the former location of the courthouse of the colonial-era

Province of North Carolina

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 Tryon County

Tryon County, North Carolina

Tryon County is a former county which was located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It was formed in 1768 from the part of Mecklenburg County west of the Catawba River, although the legislative act that created it did not become effective until April 10, 1769. Due to inaccurate and delayed...

. The courthouse was the site of the signing of the Revolutionary

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-era Tryon Resolves

Tryon Resolves

The Tryon Resolves were a brief declaration adopted by the citizens of Tryon County in the Province of North Carolina in the early days of the American Revolution. In the Resolves, the county vowed resistance to coercive actions by the British Empire against its North American colonies...

, a declaration of resistance to actions of the British Empire

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 against its American Colonies drawn up after the Battle of Lexington.

Tryon Elementary School, grades K-5, is located in the Tryon community. Its attendance district covers most of eastern unincorporated Cherryville Township. Most of these students feed into John Chavis Middle School

John Chavis Middle School

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 and Cherryville High School

Cherryville High School

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in Cherryville, while those living in areas southeast of the community attend Bessemer City Middle and High Schools.

Industry in the area includes the Bessemer City Quarry of Martin Marietta Aggregates, a supplier of crushed aggregates for the construction industry, located just east of the community. Fire protection is provided by the Tryonota Volunteer Fire Department.