Gaston, Indiana

Gaston (formerly known as New Corner, aka Snagtown) is a small incorporated town in western Indiana. It is a part of Muncie, Indiana metropolitan statistical area.

About Gaston
The summers are warm but the winters are cold in Gaston. The town center is located at exactly 40.313547 N, -85.500848 W.

Gaston has its own school community, Wes-Del Community schools with about 800 - 1000 students and 60 - 120 teachers and staff. The school currently uses iPads and previously used net-books. There aren't very many businesses such as grocery stores in Gaston, although there is one grocery store, Dollar General, a clothes store called Jennifer's Place, a gas station called Johnson's Oil and another abandoned gas station, a post office, a Star Financial bank, a popular restaraunt called Mill Street Inn with a Pizza King attached, a volunteer fire department and an AgBest.

The population of Gaston in 2010 was 871.

Weather
The temperature in Gaston tends to be pretty cold from the beginning of January to April, it tends to warm up in May and get cold again in September, then it still stays cold until the end of the year.

At night the lows are usually in the 50s or 60s in summer and in the negatives to the 30s in winter.

Severe storms tend to come around in Mid-April to the beginning of May, and at the end of August and the beginning of September. Snow usually comes around about the end of November to the beginning of December, although in 2010, there was no snow period on Christmas Day.

The wind usually tend to be below 10 mph to about 25 mph, but severe storms come they can be from 50 mph to 80 mph.

The mornings in Gaston are generally quite peaceful and beautiful due to seeing the sun rising over the horizon the dew and fog from the coldness of the night.