Catawba, WI

Catawba is a village in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2020 census counted 141 residents. The village is located within Catawba. Before the railroad was built circa 1884, the area that would become Catawba was a forested wilderness cut only by rivers and Indian trails. That mix gives Catawba a clear local shape within Wisconsin, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The federal government surveyed that wilderness in 1847 and 1855.