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High Shoals is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 729 at the 2000 census.
High Shoals was the location of the High Shoals Iron Works, founded by Swiss-born John Fulenwider in about 1795. Fulenwider developed one of the earliest methods of making pig iron with the charcoal process. During the War of 1812, his High Shoals ironworks produced cannon balls for use by the United States Army. Fulenwider died in 1826 and is buried at High Shoals cemetery. The ironworks he developed remained in operation until 1875.
In the last decade of the 19th Century, the community of High Shoals became totally-owned by High Shoals Mills, a textile company founded by Charlotte, North Carolina industrialist Daniel A. Tompkins.
Eventually, the mill homes were sold to private owners. High Shoals was incorporated on November 6, 1973, the most-recently incorporated municipality in Gaston County.
High Shoals is located in Dallas Township at 35°23′49″N 81°12′16″W / 35…