The Gastonia Honey Hunters are a professional baseball team that plays in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The team is based in Gastonia, North Carolina.
The Honey Hunters name was chosen in 2020 by a fan vote. The name was chosen because it reflects the team's toughness and its ability to seek out positive things in hard times. The name also alludes to Ransom Hunter, the first freed slave to own property in Gaston County, of which Gastonia is the county seat.
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