Cherryville, in Gaston County, North Carolina, was settled in 1792. At that time, it was called White Pines. It was little more than a water stop on the Seaboard Coastal Railroad line in the 1860s, and around that time, a local resident planted cherry trees, prompting the engineers to begin referring to the stop as "Cherryville." The town used that name in 1881 when it was incorporated.