Blogs by Author - Ed Emmerson

Oct 5, 2026 • 9 min read

5 Reasons to Love Small-Town Living in Catawba, NC

The Town of Catawba is small enough that you can walk the whole of it, and it has kept more of itself than most towns that size manage. It grew up around a railroad siding, it still has its 1890s storefronts, and it sits between two completely different bodies of water with the interstate two and a half miles up the road. Here is what is actually here, including the parts that require a short dri