Old Fort
Old Fort is a town in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 811 in the 2020 U.S. census, down from 908 in 2010.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 963 residents
- Description: human settlement in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “Catawba Vale”, “Old Fort, NC”, and “Old Fort, North Carolina”
- Postal code: 28762
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arrowhead Monument.
Arrowhead Monument
Memorial
The Arrowhead Monument is located in the town square of Old Fort, North Carolina. It is a 30-foot tall arrowhead, hand-carved from granite. This significant landmark was unveiled to an audience of over 6,000 on July 27, 1930, by Martha Nesbitt, symbolizing the peace that was established between pioneers and Native Americans in the previous century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgecrest.
Ridgecrest
Hamlet
Ridgecrest is an unincorporated community in eastern Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, off Interstate 40/U.S. Route 70. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ridgecrest is situated 6 miles west of Old Fort.
Old Fort
- Categories: town in the United States, city in North Carolina, and locality
- Location: Old Fort Township, McDowell, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.62934° or 35° 37′ 46″ northLongitude
-82.18108° or 82° 10′ 52″ westPopulation
963Elevation
1,437 feet (438 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OFTOpen location code
867VJRH9+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153999045OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Old Fort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أولد فورت”
- Basque: “Old Fort”
- Catalan: “Old Fort”
- Cebuano: “Old Fort”
- Chechen: “Олд-Форт”
- Chinese: “Old Fort”
- Chinese: “奧爾德福特 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “奧爾德福特”
- Dutch: “Old Fort”
- French: “Old Fort”
- German: “Old Fort”
- Gilaki: “اؤلد فؤرت (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “اؤلد فؤرت”
- Haitian: “Old Fort, Kawolin dinò”
- Hungarian: “Old Fort”
- Italian: “Old Fort”
- Ladin: “Old Fort”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Old Fort”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Old Fort”
- Norwegian: “Old Fort”
- Persian: “اوولد فرت، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “اوولد فرت”
- Polish: “Old Fort”
- Portuguese: “Old Fort”
- Serbian: “Олд Форт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Old Fort, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Old Fort”
- Spanish: “Old Fort”
- Tatar: “Олд-Форт”
- Ukrainian: “Олд-Форт”
- Uzbek: “Old Fort, North Carolina”
- Uzbek: “Old Fort”
- Uzbek: “Олд Форт”
- Volapük: “Old Fort, North Carolina”
- Volapük: “Old Fort”
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