Editing Catawba County, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|416.02|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|401.37|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|14.65|sqmi}} (3.52%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* [[Houck's Chapel]]
* [[Mountain Creek Park]]
* [[Murray's Mill Historic District|Murray's Mill Historic Site]]
* [[Old Hickory Tavern Birthplace of Hickory]]
* [[Old Piedmont Wagon]]

===Major water bodies===
* [[Balls Creek (North Carolina)|Balls Creek]]
* [[Betts Creek (North Carolina)|Betts Creek]]
* [[Catawba River]]
* [[Clark Creek (North Carolina)|Clark Creek]]
* [[Henry Fork (South Fork Catawba River tributary)|Henry Fork]]
* [[Jacob Fork (South Fork Catawba River tributary)|Jacob Fork]]
* [[Lake Hickory (North Carolina)|Lake Hickory]]
* [[Lake Norman]]
* [[Lookout Shoals Lake (North Carolina)|Lookout Shoals Lake]]
* [[Lyle Creek (North Carolina)|Lyle Creek]]
* [[McLin Creek (North Carolina)|McLin Creek]]
* [[Muddy Creek (North Carolina)|Muddy Creek]]
* [[Pinch Gut Creek (North Carolina)|Pinch Gut Creek]]
* [[Pott Creek (North Carolina)|Pott Creek]]
* [[Snow Creek (North Carolina)|Snow Creek]]
* [[South Fork Catawba River]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander County]] – north
* [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell County]] – east
* [[Lincoln County, North Carolina|Lincoln County]] – south
* [[Caldwell County, North Carolina|Caldwell County]] – northwest
* [[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]] – west