NEWTON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — People living along the Catawba-Lincoln County line may call the other municipality home next month.
On Feb. 2, the state-defined horizontal boundary between Catawba County and Lincoln County will be re-established to correspond with a survey by the North Carolina Geodetic Survey.
The boundary was established by the state in 1842, but Catawba Country officials say over decades of parcel changes, the commonly recognized line between the two counties gradually shifted. This has caused discrepancies regarding the boundary’s actual location and confusion among property owners.
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A Catawba County property map shows the impacted properties span the entire length of the line, from Lake Norman to the east to Will Hudson Road near Lawndale to the west. There are parcels that were originally just in Lincoln or Catawba, but are now are split between the two…