Cherryville (/ˈtʃɜr.vəl/) (Chur-a-vull)[4][5] is a city in northwestern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.

[8] During the last half of the 18th century, German, Dutch, and Scots-Irish families from the Colony of Pennsylvania migrated south and settled in the Cherryville area.

Land grants made by King George III of Great Britain date back to 1768, and as early as 1792 Governor Samuel Ashe of North Carolina made grants in and around "White Pine", as the settlement was known at the time.

A village began to develop at a crossroads of the Morganton-to-Charleston road, closely followed by modern Highway 274 / Mountain Street, and the Old Post Road, a main thoroughfare between Salisbury, North Carolina, and Spartanburg, South Carolina.

When construction resumed and the railroad extended beyond Cherryville, the town served as a water and coal stop.

Along the railroad, a local resident planted cherry trees, and the train engineers soon began calling the settlement "Cherryville".

[9] On July 13, 1966, Trains #45 & #46 of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, hit head-on on the southeast side of the city, killing one and injuring three.

The Beam's Shell Service Station and Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

[12] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,078 people, 2,434 households, and 1,493 families residing in the city.

Candidates are required to reside in the ward they intend to represent; however, the vote is citywide.

The Cherryville Branch of the Gaston County Public Library serves this community.

The C. Grier Beam Truck Museum, interpreting the history of freight trucking and Carolina Freight Carriers, is in the former Beam's Shell Service Station and Office, 117 N. Mountain St., and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The 1922 Noah Benjamin Kendrick House at 402 N. Mountain Street is a Designated Gaston County Historic Property.

Rudisill Stadium, completed in 1963 and located on the campus of Beam Intermediate School, is the largest sports venue in Cherryville and is used for several community events throughout the year.