Catawissa Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River
Catawissa is the site where Bertha Gifford poisoned at least three and as many as seventeen people between 1911 and 1928.
Catawissa was the birthplace of Samuel Lount, a leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion, and one of several men hanged for his participation.
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Catawissa was also the in district home for Owen D. Leib, the representative in the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's District 11.
In the 1840s, Lewis became president of the Catawissa Railroad.