NC Gazetteer

Conover

A town in Catawba County
… town in central Catawba County. Settled 1871. Inc. 1877. Alt. 1,060. Named by Mrs. John Seitz, local resident, for Canova, the Italian sculptor whose statue of George Washington was destroyed by the fire that leveled the capitol in Raleigh in 1831. Produces furniture, lumber, and textiles.