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Gholson is a city in northern McLennan County, Texas, at the intersection of Farm Roads 933 and 1858, about twelve miles northwest of Waco, and it is part of the Waco metropolitan area.

The Gholson area was settled in the late 1840s and the community was originally called Sardis; its first school was built in 1854 and its first post office opened in January 1858.

The town is named for early settler brothers Benjamin and Samuel Gholson, and the name became official when a new post office opened under it in February 1887.

Gholson remained a tiny farming community for most of its history — its population was reported as just 34 from the early 1930s into the early 1970s.

Residents voted to incorporate Gholson with a mayor-council government in 1975, and the city has grown steadily since.

Gholson's population rose from 263 in 1980 to 922 in 2000 and 1,250 at the 2020 census.

The 2020 census counted 488 households in Gholson, spread thinly across the city at a density of only about 144 people per square mile.

Gholson has been reported as having no stoplight at all.

Local public schools are operated by the Gholson Independent School District, and the community's Gholson School has traditionally taught students through the eighth grade.

Gholson has a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.