Catawba County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Catawba Tribe
- Seat
- Newton
- Largest community
- Hickory
- Total
- 416.02 sq mi (1,077.5 km )
- Land
- 401.37 sq mi (1,039.5 km )
- Water
- 14.65 sq mi (37.9 km ) 3.52%
- Estimate 2025
- 170,172
- Density
- 400.15/sq mi (154.50/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 10th
- Website
- www .catawbacountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Catawba County (/kəˈtɔːbə/ kuh-TAW-buh) is a county 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 community is Hickory.
The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catawba County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.