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Ranlo, North Carolina

Ranlo's name combines the surnames of industrialists John Calvin Rankin and William Thomas Love, whose textile mills anchored the community; it incorporated in 1963 together with the neighboring Smyre mill village, in part over concern about annexation by Gastonia.

Businesses listed
19
Population (2020)
4,511
County
Gaston

Landmarks & institutions

  • Smyre mill village (A. M. Smyre Manufacturing Co., founded 1917)

Sources:en.wikipedia.org data.census.gov

19 businesses