Shire Horses for Sale near Gibsonville, NC

About Gibsonville, NC

Before 1851, no official town of Gibsonville existed, only a few buildings supporting local farmers and some gold seekers. Not until Joseph Gibson (1785-1857), whose father established farming and gold mining operations there as early as 1775 was a local farmer, providing grading services in 1851 for the newly formed North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) Company. Shortly afterwards Gibsonville began to emerge as a commerce center. The first train arrived on October 9, 1855, and the depot was named Gibson Station in his honor. On February 18, 1871, the state legislature issued a charter officially establishing the Town of Gibsonville.