Lake Norman of Catawba is a census-designated place (CDP) in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,658 at the 2020 census up from 7,411 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Lake Norman of Catawba is located in the southeast corner of Catawba County. It consists of several residential developments that occupy the western shore of Lake Norman, a large reservoir on the Catawba River, as well as the shores of numerous inlets on the western side of the lake. The CDP is bounded on the east by the center of the Catawba River, forming the Catawba County/Iredell County line; on the south by the Lincoln County line; and on the west and north by several rural roads, extending as far north as Long Island Road. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Terrell, Sherrills Ford, Monbo, and Long Island.

North Carolina Highway 150 crosses the southern part of the CDP, passing through the center of Terrell and leading east to Mooresville and west to Lincolnton.

The Marshall Steam Station, a coal power plant operated by Duke Energy, is located in the CDP just northeast of downtown Terrell. On December 11, 2014, Duke Energy, to repair a rusted, leaking pipe, received approval from North Carolina to dump Coal Ash (containing arsenic, lead, thallium and mercury, among other heavy metals) from the Marshall Steam Station into Lake Norman.

On October 3, 2015, Duke reported that a sinkhole had formed at the base of the Marshall Steam Station dam north of Charlotte on Lake Norman. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) says Duke placed a liner in the hole and filled it with crushed stone.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 26.35%, is water.

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Lake Norman of Catawba had a population of 8,658. The median age was 51.3 years. 16.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.2 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,631 households in Lake Norman of Catawba, of which 23.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 62.7% were married-couple households, 15.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 16.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Notable person

  • Patrick McHenry – former U.S. representative

References

  • - Pages 1, 2, and A01.
  • - Pages 1, 2, 3, and 4
  • Lake Norman of Catawba did not exist in the 1990 US Census. Instead its area was taken up by Sherrills Ford, North Carolina: - Sherrills Ford CDP is on pages 23, 24, 31, and 32.