If you’ve been wondering about something in your community, Ask The Times is your place to get answers. The following questions were submitted by readers and answered through the efforts of our news staff.

Owners of new tags with the county label option sometimes have “Hall” affixed to the tag, and other times “Hall County.” Which is it supposed to be? Why the inconsistency?

Pam Clark, supervisor of the county tag office, said new license plates are printed with Hall County, and old plates include just Hall.

The state began releasing a new tag in May that features a pastoral landscape with peaches and peach trees. There is also an option to have “In God We Trust” printed on the tag instead of the county at no extra charge.

I notice the absence of license tags on large dump trucks on our highways and roads. If I did not display one I would be pulled over. What gives?

“Every vehicle that hits the road in Georgia must have a tag,” Clark said.

Large trucks, however, can affix those tags to the front of the vehicle.

“Law enforcement allows them to do that because on the back they tend to get torn up,” she said.

When did the city of Gainesville start its school system?

The city school system was founded in 1892, according to Superintendent Merrianne Dyer.

The city of Gainesville itself was chartered in 1821, formerly known as Mule Camp Springs. Between 1870 and 1900, it jumped to 5,000 residents from 1,000, according to the Gainesville website. The big industry at the time was textiles, with the railroad coming through town a major player in that.

The oldest known school, Main Street School, was built around the turn of the century and torn down in 1979, according to a series The Times ran in November on the city’s old schools.

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