Place:Catawba, North Carolina, United States

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NameCatawba
Alt namesCatawbasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.667°N 81.233°W
Located inNorth Carolina, United States     (1777 - )
See alsoLincoln, North Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Lake Norman of Catawba
Mountain View
Sherrills Ford
St. Stephens
Inhabited place
Advent Crossroads
Bandy
Banoak
Blackburn
Brookford
Catawba
Catfish
Claremont
Conover
Cooksville
Drums Crossroads
Duan
Fairbrook
Fairgrove
Hickory North
Hickory ( 1874 - )
Killian Crossroads
Long Island
Long View
Maiden
Meadow Brook Village
Monbo
Murrays Hill
Newton
Olivers Crossroads
Oxford Park
Plateau
Propst Crossroads
Providence Mill
Rhoney
Startown
Sunrise Beach
Sweetwater
Terrell
Witherspoon Crossroad
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Catawba County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest city is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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The county, formed in 1842 from Lincoln County, was named for the Catawba River. The word "catawba" is rooted in the Choctaw sound kat'a pa, loosely translated as "to divide or separate, to break." However, scholars are fairly certain that this word was imposed from outside. The Native Americans known as the Catawba people, a tribe of indigenous people who once inhabited the region, were considered one of the most powerful Southeastern Siouan-speaking tribes in the Carolina Piedmont. They now live along the border of North Carolina near the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina. German and Scots-Irish colonial immigrants first settled in the Catawba River valley in the mid-18th century. An official history of the German and Scots-Irish settlement was documented in 1954 by Charles J. Preslar Jr, and more recently by a series of three books by Gary Freeze, called The Catawbans.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1777 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1913 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 8,862
1860 10,729
1870 10,984
1880 14,946
1890 18,689
1900 22,133
1910 27,918
1920 33,839
1930 43,991
1940 51,653
1950 61,794
1960 73,191
1970 90,873
1980 105,208
1990 118,412
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External links

www.co.catawba.nc.us

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