Both the Catawba and Broad Rivers are in the greater Santee River basin. Other tribes purportedly linked to the Roanoke colonists include the Catawba and the Coree. Lower Creek flows southwest to the Catawba River valley. Lake Norman on the Catawba River is west of the town center. Isaac grew up on a farm near Catawba, North Carolina, the second-youngest of nine children. The possible Carolina origins does correspond with circumstantial details about the name "Catawba". It is the county seat of Catawba County. The stadium's first college football game was played in January 1947 between Catawba and Maryville. A small portion in northwest Catawba County is also in the district. Catawba potters, native to the southeast, used unglazed pottery. The trail offers a 270-degree panorama view of the Catawba Valley. A few Cherokee intermarried with the Catawba. It is the only Catawba Island Township statewide. Further west were the Cherokee, and along the Catawba River, the Catawba. They lived in villages near the Catawba River.