West Marion
West Marion is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States, adjacent to the city of Marion, the county seat. The population of West Marion was 1,226 at the 2020 census, down from 1,348 in 2010.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 1,350 residents
- Description: township in McDowell County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “West Marion, NC” and “West Marion, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marion and Providence.
Marion
Town
Photo: Tomgoble, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marion 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 Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox". Marion is situated 2 miles northeast of West Marion.
Providence
Hamlet
Providence is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. Providence is 4 miles southwest of Marion. Providence is situated 2 miles southwest of West Marion.
Glenwood
Hamlet
Glenwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 501. Glenwood is situated 4 miles southeast of West Marion.
West Marion
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Marion Township, McDowell, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.6579° or 35° 39′ 28″ northLongitude
-82.02539° or 82° 1′ 31″ westPopulation
1,350Elevation
1,467 feet (447 metres)United Nations Location Code
US MINOpen location code
867VMX5F+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 154334148OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“West Marion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست ماريون”
- Basque: “West Marion”
- Catalan: “West Marion”
- Cebuano: “West Marion”
- Chechen: “Вест-Марион”
- Chinese: “West Marion”
- Chinese: “西馬里昂 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “西馬里昂”
- Dutch: “West Marion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويست ماريون”
- French: “West Marion”
- German: “West Marion”
- Gilaki: “وست ماريؤن (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “وست ماريؤن”
- Irish: “West Marion”
- Italian: “West Marion”
- Ladin: “West Marion”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Marion”
- Persian: “وست مریان، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “وست مریان”
- Polish: “West Marion”
- Portuguese: “West Marion”
- Serbian: “Вест Марион”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Marion, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Marion”
- Spanish: “West Marion”
- Tatar: “Вест-Марион”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Маріон”
- Uzbek: “West Marion, North Carolina”
- Uzbek: “West Marion”
- Uzbek: “Wест Марион”
- Volapük: “West Marion, North Carolina”
- Volapük: “West Marion”
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