Town of Boiling Springs NC

Water bubbling from two underground springs were a landmark and a good water supply, people began settling the area around 1843. The first families to settle were the Hamricks, the Greenes and the McSwains. It was only appropriate that the settlement be named Boiling Springs. One of the first buildings was Boiling Springs Baptist Church, built in 1847 about 100 yards from the springs.

O. Max Gardner introduced the bill to incorporate the Town. The bill passed and the town was incorporated in 1911. The population at the time of incorporation was 250. D.J. Hamrick was the first mayor and D.S. Lovelace, E.B. Hamrick, C.M. Hamrick, J.L. Pruett and J.F. Moore were aldermen. 

Boiling Springs has remained a small town all of these years, with its character and charm as its greatest assets. It is no longer the sleepy town it once was; instead, it is full of restaurants, stores, beautiful homes, and a growing university, Gardner-Webb.