Catawba
Encyclopedia
Catawba may refer to several things:
- Catawba (tribe)Catawba (tribe)The Catawba are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. They live in the Southeast United States, along the border between North and South Carolina near the city of Rock Hill...
, a Native American tribe - Catawban languagesCatawban languagesThe Catawban, or Eastern Siouan, languages form a small language family in east North America. The Catawban family is a branch of the larger Siouan Siouan–Catawban family.-Family division:The Catawban family consists of two languages:...
Botany
- CatalpaCatalpaCatalpa, commonly called catalpa or catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate regions of North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia....
, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other Native American tribes - Catawba (grape)Catawba (grape)Catawba is a red hybrid grape variety used for wine as well as juice, jams and jellies. The grape can have a pronounced musky or "foxy" flavor. Grown predominantly on the East Coast of the United States, this purplish-red grape is a likely cross of the native American Vitis labrusca and another...
, a variety of grape - Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbienseRhododendron catawbienseRhododendron catawbiense is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States, growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama....
), a flowering shrub plant
Places in the United States
- Catawba, OhioCatawba, OhioCatawba is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 312 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Catawba is located at ....
- Catawba Island Township, Ottawa County, OhioCatawba Island Township, Ottawa County, OhioCatawba Island Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,157 people in the township...
- Catawba Island State Park, part of Lake Erie IslandsLake Erie IslandsThe Lake Erie Islands are a chain of archipelagic islands in Lake Erie. They include Kelleys Island, Pelee Island, the Bass Islands, and several others. The majority of these islands are under the sovereignty of Ohio in the United States. Pelee Island is the only major island administered by...
State Park, Ohio - Catawba, North CarolinaCatawba, North CarolinaCatawba is a town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 604 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Catawba, VirginiaCatawba, VirginiaCatawba is an unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of Catawba Mountain and on the north by several mountains which form the border between Roanoke County and Craig...
- Catawba Valley, in the above
- Catawba Mountain, on border of the above
- Catawba, WisconsinCatawba, WisconsinCatawba is a village in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 149 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Catawba.-Geography:Catawba is located at ....
- Catawba (town), WisconsinCatawba (town), WisconsinCatawba is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 283 at the 2000 census. The Village of Catawba is located within the town.-Geography:...
- Catawba RiverCatawba RiverThe Catawba River is a tributary of the Wateree River in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The river is approximately 220 miles long...
- Catawba County, North Carolina
Other
- USS CatawbaUSS CatawbaFive ships of the United States Navy have been named Catawba, after the Catawba River of North Carolina.* The , was an ironclad built for use in the American Civil War, but never commissioned and sold to Peru, where she was renamed Atahualpa and served in the War of the Pacific.* The USS Catawba ,...
, the name of a few United States Navy ships - Catawba CollegeCatawba CollegeCatawba College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Founded in 1851 by the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed Church in Newton, the college adopted its name from its county of origin, Catawba County, before moving to its current home of Salisbury...
in North Carolina - Catawba Nuclear Generating Station near Rock Hill, South Carolina
- Camp CatawbaCamp CatawbaCamp Catawba was a summer camp for boys near the town of Blowing Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It was established in 1944 by Vera Lachmann , a poet, classicist and educator who emigrated from Germany in 1939. In 1947 she was joined by the composer Tui St. George Tucker , who...
, former boys' camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina- A Catawba Assembly, book by Charles A. MillerCharles A. MillerCharles A. Miller is an author and Professor Emeritus of Politics and American Studies at Lake Forest College.Miller received his B.A...
about the above
- A Catawba Assembly, book by Charles A. Miller
- Catawba Hospital, a mental health facility in Catawba, VirginiaCatawba, VirginiaCatawba is an unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of Catawba Mountain and on the north by several mountains which form the border between Roanoke County and Craig...
- Catawba, a fictional state in Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, AngelLook Homeward, AngelLook Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time...