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The present land area is 399.97 square miles.
Catawba County is boarded by Alexander County (north), Iredell
County (east), Lincoln County (south), Burke County (west) and
Caldwell County (northwest. The county is divided into
eight townships; Bandy's Caldwell, Catawba, Clines, Hickory,
Jacobs Fork, Mountain Creek, Newton, and Longview. Cities,
towns and communities in Catawba County include Brookford,
Catawba, Claremont, Conover, Hickory, Lake Norman, Maiden,
Mountain View, Newton, Sherrills Ford, Longview, St. Stevens and
Vale. |
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A person blessed with longevity could have
been born in Rowan County in 1753, married in Burke County in
1778, fathered children in the counties of Burke and Lincoln in
the 1780s and died in 1842 during Catawba County's formation
year while living on the same land all the while. His land
simply became part of the new counties as they were formed. |