Single category display on a page

I would like to try to build a site for someone where multiple pages are required. I was wondering if there is a way to set it up in WP so that it would display a single category on a page (or in one area, like one column in a 3-column layout), instead of all of them?
I checked the docs, thinking what I needed would be there, but I didn’t see anything. Of course, I read the docs late at night after being totally sleep deprived.