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Newton,
North Carolina, the
county seat of Catawba County, lies amidst gently rolling hills and the Blue
Ridge Mountain foothills of Catawba
County. Census 2000 reports Newton’s population as 12,560,
which demonstrates a steady rate of growth since the 1970 population of 7,600.
Newton lies within the Greater
Hickory Metro Area, which is widely known as the “Furniture Capital of the
World”. Other industries that influence the area’s thriving economy include
agriculture, machining, metalworking, plastics, telecommunications, textiles and
tourism. Cable
Corning Systems, Century
Furniture, Commscope
Inc., Hickory
Springs Manufacturing Center and Frye
Regional Medical Center are the top five employers in Catawba County. Newton
is centrally located in the midst of the triangle formed by Asheville,
Charlotte and Winston-Salem,
giving area businesses a competitive edge.
Newton provides residents with competitive academic choices at the primary
and secondary levels, as well as easy access to two local colleges found in
nearby Hickory. The Catawba
Valley Community College affords residents a route to a variety of career
options, including faster paced technical programs and course loads transferable
to four-year institutions, such as the Lenoir-Rhyne
College. Lenoir-Rhyne has been providing residents with a liberal arts
education in the community for over a century.
Newton and the surrounding area is filled with things to do and sites to see.
The Green Room is
Newton’s community theater, where audiences enjoy a wide array of cultural
performances. The Catawba
County Historical Museum, located in the Old Newton Courthouse, displays the
colorful history of the Catawba
Indian Tribe through numerous exhibits and preserved artifacts that have
been unearthed in years since Newton’s founding. Nearby Hickory offers the Bakers
Mountain Park, Catawba
Science Center, the Crawdad’s
minor league baseball, the Hickory
Motor Speedway, the Hickory
Museum of Art and some of the finest furniture shopping facilities, such as Hickory
Furniture Mart.
Newton is nearby NC's
portion of “America’s Most Scenic Drive”, the picturesque Blue
Ridge Parkway. This 469-mile highway spreads throughout Virginia,
Tennessee and North
Carolina and lies entirely within land owned by the National
Park Service. Visitors can take a leisurely drive where each twist and turn
reveals the splendor of stunning natural sites such as the Black
Mountains, Chimney
Rock Park and the spectacular views from the Mile
High Swinging Bridge on Grandfather
Mountain.
Newton, North Carolina’s
unassuming ambiance couples with the conveniences of its proximity to Hickory
to create a strikingly balanced lifestyle. This breathtaking region, which lies
in NC’s Piedmont
Plateau of the Piedmont Industrial Crescent, offers its citizens an
unparalleled quality of life.
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