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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.
Catawba County (/ k ə ˈ t ɔː b ə / 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 .
Catawba Historic District is a national historic district located at Catawba, Catawba County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the rural village of Catawba.
The Catawba have also been known as Esaw, or Issa (Catawba iswä, "river"), named after their territory along the principal waterway of the region.Historically, Iswa, today the river is commonly known as the Catawba River from its headwaters in North Carolina and into South Carolina before continuing as the Wateree River in Fairfield county, South Carolina.
In 2006 the river became the center of a water use controversy between the residents of the Catawba watershed and Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The cities of Concord and Kannapolis are expecting a daily shortfall of 22 million US gallons (83,000 m 3 ) of water a day by 2035 [ 5 ] in their Rocky River watershed and want to pump up to 36 ...
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Catawba County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Catawba College was founded by the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed Church in the United States in 1851. The years following the opening of the college were years of growing prosperity for the school, but the Civil War changed this as funds and students became less available.
Murray's Mill Historic District is a national historic district located near Catawba, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 20+ contributing buildings near the rural Town of Catawba. It contains the mill buildings, four residences and complementing structures associated with the milling operations and the Murray family.