The county is governed by a Board of Supervisors with one representative elected from each of the five magisterial districts: Catawba, Cave Spring, Hollins, Vinton, and Windsor Hills.

It is bounded on the west by the Catawba River and Sugar Creek and on the east by the Lynches River.

Cherokee and Catawba Indians were known inhabitants of what is now McDowell County.

It flows over Catawba Falls on its way, which is accessible to the public.

The county is divided into five townships: Catawba Springs, Howards Creek, Iron Station, Lincolnton, and North Brook.

Most of Gaston County is in the drainage basin of the Catawba River, except for small areas along the western edge of the county which are in the basin of the Broad River.

The Catawba forms the eastern border of the county and much of the central part of the county is in the drainage basin of its right tributary, the South Fork Catawba River.

It is across the Catawba River in Mecklenburg County in Charlotte.

Located on the Dallas-Stanley Highway above the South Fork Catawba River, it was built around 1760 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Catawba County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina.

Catawba County is part of the Hickory – Lenoir – Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Catawba County is part of the data center corridor.

Catawba County's history is a history of spirited people.

Catawba County is a member of the regional Western Piedmont Council of Governments.

The county is divided into eight townships: Bandy's, Caldwell, Catawba, Clines, Hickory, Jacobs Fork, Mountain Creek, Newton.

* Catawba County is served by Catawba County Schools.

Catawba County is a freight railroad transportation center with approximataly 20 freight trains a day.

This is largely due to the areas strong manufacturing based economy, centered around Catawba County.

Brookford is a town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.

Catawba is a town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.

Catawba is located at ( 35. 709853 ,-81. 075734 ).

Claremont is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.

During the first decade of white settlement, the Valley was also a conduit and battleground in a bloody intertribal war between the Seneca and allied Algonquian Lenape from the north, and their distant traditional enemies, the Siouan Catawba in the Carolinas.

Coach Popp is also a member of the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame.

It also broadcasts games of the Carolina Panthers, Catawba College, and local high schools.

Hickory is a city in Catawba County, with parts also in Burke County and Caldwell County.

Today, there are also students from several other American colleges, including the University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Southern Indiana, Emory & Henry College, Baker University, Converse College, Eastern Illinois University, Western Kentucky University, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Catawba College, Houston Baptist University, The College of New Jersey, Texas Woman's University, Christopher Newport University, Missouri Baptist University, Ball State University, Lawrence Technological University, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Florida Southern College, and Judson University.

He also designed portions of the Landsford Canal, Chester County, on the Catawba River in South Carolina.

" He has also been awarded honorary doctorates by Eastern University and Catawba College.

Red Thunder Cloud ( May 30, 1919 – January 8, 1996 ), whose English name was Cromwell Ashbie Hawkins West and who was also known as Carlos Westez, was the last native speaker of the Catawba Indian language.

The Catawba — also known as Issa or Esaw, but most commonly Iswa — are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation.

From the earliest period, the Catawba have also been known as Esaw, or Issa ( Catawba iswä, " river "), from their residence on the principal stream of the region.

It caused many deaths, not only among the Anglo-Americans, but also among the Catawba and other tribes, like the Sissipahaw, who had no natural immunity to the disease, which had been endemic in Europe for centuries.

The Catawba were sedentary agriculturists, who also fished and hunted for game.

The film also features interviews with Helms ' foes and fans, community activists, novelists Lee Smith and Allan Gurganus, openly gay Carrboro mayor Mike Nelson, and people in the street, including a brief interview with Matthew Shepard, then a student at Catawba College.

They grow to a length of about 5 cm ( 2 in ) and feed on the leaves of the Northern Catalpa and, more commonly, the Southern Catalpa, also known as Catawba or Indian Bean trees.

The last notice of them in 1768, when their remnant, reduced by war and disease to 50 or 60, were still living with the Catawba .” The McPherson Report also noted that the Catawba and smaller tribes suffered high fatalities in smallpox epidemics of 1738.

Catawba College of Salisbury, NC also charters a Philomathean Society.

The wines were also well received at home in the United States where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a poem dedicated to Nicholas Longworth titled Ode to Catawba Wine.

The possible vinifera parentage also means that the Catawba has a higher susceptibility to various grape diseases, like powdery and downy mildew, than typical labrusca varieties.

The areas with the largest concentration of plantings are the Lake Erie and Finger Lakes wine region but Catawba can also be found in Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Similarly, the low amount of phenols from the skins also means that Catawba wines are very low in tannins and extract.