Tryon is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

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, United States. It is in Cherryville Township, located approximately southeast of the city of Cherryville on North Carolina Highway 274. The rural Gaston County election precinct centered on Tryon had a voting-age population of 1524 in the 2000 Census. The Tryon community is near the former location of the courthouse of the colonial-era Tryon County. The courthouse was the site of the signing of the

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Tryon Resolves The Tryon Resolves were a brief declaration adopted by the citizens of Tryon County in the Province of North Carolina in the early days of the American Revolution. In the Resolves, the county vowed resistance to coercive actions by the government ...

, a declaration of resistance to actions of the

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against its American Colonies drawn up after the Battle of Lexington.
Tryon Elementary School
grades K-5, is located in the Tryon community. Its attendance district covers most of eastern unincorporated Cherryville Township. Most of these students feed into

John Chavis Middle School Gaston County Schools is a public school district located in Gaston County, North Carolina. With 30,046 students enrolled in 56 schools as of the 2021–22 academic year, it is the tenth largest public school district in North Carolina. Sch ...

and

Cherryville High School Cherryville High School is a high school in the Gaston County Schools public school district located in Cherryville, NC. Its attendance area covers northwestern Gaston County, and it also serves the western part of the community of Tryon and th ...

in Cherryville, while those living in areas southeast of the community attend Bessemer City Middle and High Schools.Gaston County Schools
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Martin Marietta Aggregates
a supplier of crushed aggregates for the construction industry, located just east of the community. Fire protection is provided by th

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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Unincorporated communities in Gaston County, North Carolina