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Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) is a public community college in Hickory, North Carolina. The college, established April 3, 1958, is part of the North Carolina Community College System. The main campus covers 162 acres (0.66 km 2) and includes 16 buildings. The college also operates a Cosmetology Center in downtown Newton, the CVCC ...
Hickory's population in the 2022 United States Census Bureau estimate was 44,084. Hickory is the main city of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 368,347 in the 2022 census, and is included in the larger Charlotte-Concord, NC Combined Statistical Area with a population of 3,387,115 in 2022.
Newton, Hickory, Long View, Conover, Claremont, Catawba, Brookford and Maiden have municipal police departments. The North Carolina Bureau of Investigation, the SBI, provides investigative assistance to local law enforcement agencies when requested by the sheriff, local police departments, the district attorney, or judges.
This partial list of city nicknames in North Carolina compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in North Carolina are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
The Hickory region is served by Interstate 40 which passes through the center of Catawba and Burke counties. Other important US highways in the region include: US 70 (east to Morehead City, west to Asheville), and US 321 (through Catawba and Caldwell Counties). Primary state routes include NC 10, NC 16, NC 18, NC 90, NC 127, and NC 150.
U.S. Route 70A (Hickory, North Carolina 1946-1948) U.S. Route 70 Alternate (Hildebran–Conover, North Carolina 1948–1957) U.S. Route 70A (Hickory, North Carolina 1948-1957) U.S. Route 321 Business (Dallas–Hickory, North Carolina) United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Map showing the population density of North Carolina. The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties.North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country.
The mall opened August 1978, as the second mall in Hickory, the first being Catawba Mall (was Catawba Furniture Mall. Now a U-Haul storage and rental store). Its two anchors at the time were Belk and Sears. A 1988 expansion relocated J. C. Penney from Catawba Mall to Valley Hills Mall. A food court was located near Sears on the lower level.