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McDowell

McDowell County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,578. Its county seat is . McDowell County comprises the Marion, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the -, NC .
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  • Type: County with 45,000 residents
  • Description: county in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “McDowell County”, “McDowell County, NC”, and “McDowell County, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carson House.

Museum
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The is a historic house and museum located in . It was the home of Col. John Hazzard Carson, and served as the McDowell County courthouse when the county was first organized in 1842.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marion and Providence.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis , the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox".

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, , United States. is 4 miles southwest of .

McDowell

Latitude
35.6609° or 35° 39′ 39″ north
Longitude
-82.0482° or 82° 2′ 54″ west
Population
45,000
Elevation
1,401 feet (427 metres)
Open location code
867VMX62+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316979003
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4478581
Wiki­data ID
Q507811
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“McDowell” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “McDowell County, Noord-Carolina”
  • Afrikaans: “McDowell County”
  • Albanian: “McDowell County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مكداويل”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه مكداويل، كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Asturian: “condáu de McDowell”
  • Basque: “McDowell konderria”
  • Bavarian: “McDowell County, North Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “McDowell County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ম্যাকডোৱেল কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ম্যাকডোৱেল কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Макдауъл”
  • Catalan: “comtat de McDowell”
  • Cebuano: “McDowell County”
  • Chechen: “Макдауэлл (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Макдауэлл”
  • Chinese: “McDowell Kūn”
  • Chinese: “麥克道威縣”
  • Chinese: “麥克道威郡”
  • Chinese: “麦克道尔县”
  • Dutch: “McDowell County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono McDowell”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono McDowell”
  • Esperanto: “McDowell County”
  • Estonian: “McDowelli maakond”
  • Finnish: “McDowellin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de McDowell”
  • French: “Comté de McDowell”
  • French: “McDowell County”
  • German: “McDowell County”
  • Gilaki: “مک‌داول ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “مک‌داول ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία ΜακΝτάουελ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία ΜακΝτάουελ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מקדוול”
  • Hungarian: “McDowell megye”
  • Irish: “Contae McDowell, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Contae McDowell”
  • Italian: “contea di McDowell”
  • Italian: “Contea di McDowell”
  • Italian: “McDowell County”
  • Japanese: “マクダウェル郡”
  • Japanese: “マクドウェル郡”
  • Korean: “맥도웰군”
  • Low German: “McDowell County”
  • Mazanderani: “مک‌داول شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “McDowell Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “McDowell Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “McDowell County i Nord-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “McDowell County”
  • Norwegian: “McDowell County”
  • Nyanja: “McDowell County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مک‌داول، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مک‌داول”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مکداول”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo McDowell”
  • Portuguese: “condado de McDowell”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de McDowell”
  • Portuguese: “McDowell County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul McDowell, Carolina de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul McDowell”
  • Russian: “Мак-Дауэлл”
  • Sardinian: “contea de McDowell”
  • Serbian: “Округ Макдауел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “McDowell County, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “McDowell County”
  • Spanish: “condado de McDowell”
  • Spanish: “Condado de McDowell”
  • Spanish: “McDowell County”
  • Swedish: “McDowell County, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “McDowell County”
  • Tatar: “Макдауэлл (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Макдауэлл”
  • Tumbuka: “McDowell County, North Carolina”
  • Tumbuka: “McDowell County”
  • Turkish: “McDowell County, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “McDowell County, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “McDowell County, NC”
  • Turkish: “McDowell County”
  • Turkish: “McDowell ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “McDowell ilçesi, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “McDowell ilçesi, NC”
  • Turkish: “McDowell ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Макдавелл”
  • Urdu: “میک ڈوویل کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Venetian: “contea de McDowell”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận McDowell, Bắc Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận McDowell, North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận McDowell”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han McDowell, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han McDowell”
  • Welsh: “McDowell County, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “McDowell County”
  • Western Panjabi: “مکڈوول کاؤنٹی”

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