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Welcome to Taylor Heights ...

Taylor Heights is located in Gaston County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Taylor Heights: Taylor Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Taylor Heights is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Taylor Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Taylor Heights: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Taylor Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Taylor Heights - they are located in Florida and Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Taylor Heights.

Communities near Taylor Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Taylor Heights.

  • Charlotte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gastonia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cornelius
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Holly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Davidson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Belmont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincolnton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kings Mountain
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Clover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Clover is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Taylor Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Taylor Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Taylor Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylor Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Taylor Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taylor Heights ...

Looking for more information about Taylor Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Taylor Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Taylor Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Gaston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Taylor Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Taylor Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Taylor Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.