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www.catawbacountync.gov. Catawba County (/ kəˈtɔːbə / kuh-TAW-buh) [ 1 ] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Newton, [ 3 ] and its largest community is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Catawba River is a major river located in the Southeastern United States. It originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into the Piedmont, where it has been ...
The South Fork Catawba River travels 48.5 miles, passing along the communities of Lincolnton, High Shoals, McAdenville, and Cramerton, to Lake Wylie where its now submerged confluence with the Catawba River lies near the North Carolina and South Carolina border. Signage on roadways crossing the river acknowledge it as the "South Fork River".
Henry River Mill Village is a small textile village in Burke County, North Carolina. It is an unaltered, but now-decaying example of an early industrial environment in Burke County. Today, the remaining buildings of the Henry River Mill Village are traces of the industrial heritage of the county. Built as a planned community, the village was a ...
Excerpt of the 1733 Edward Moseley map of North Carolina, showing the Trading Path. The Trading Path (a.k.a. Occaneechi Path, Unicoi Trail, Catawba Road etc.) was a corridor of roads and trails between the Tsenacommacah or Chesapeake Bay region (mainly the Petersburg, Virginia area) and the Cherokee, Catawba, and other Native-American countries in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, South ...
Catawba is located on the northeastern border of Catawba County. Its northeastern boundary is the shore of the Catawba River in Lake Norman.. North Carolina Highway 10 passes through the center of the town, leading north 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Exit 138 on Interstate 40 and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Newton.
Jacob Fork is a 41.09-mile (66.13 km) long, fourth-order tributary of the South Fork Catawba River in Burke and Catawba Counties, North Carolina. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as [1] Jacobs Creek. Jacob Fork rises near the top of Grassy Ridge in Burke County, North Carolina, on the He ...
Lake Norman of Catawba is a census-designated place (CDP) in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,658 [ 4 ] at the 2020 census up from 7,411 at the 2010 census . [ 5 ] It is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area .