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McDowell County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Joseph McDowell
- Seat
- Marion
- Largest community
- Marion
- Total
- 445.35 sq mi (1,153.5 km )
- Land
- 439.95 sq mi (1,139.5 km )
- Water
- 5.40 sq mi (14.0 km ) 1.21%
- Estimate 2025
- 45,198
- Density
- 101.33/sq mi (39.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- mcdowellnc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Marion
- Capital
- Marion
- Population
- 44578
- Area
- 1156
- Shares border with
- Yancey County
- Official website
- www.mcdowellgov.com
- Image
- McDowell Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 18275
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- different from
- McDowell County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- McDowell County
- topic's main category
- Category:McDowell County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- McDowell County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1842-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from McDowell County, North Carolina
- per capita income
- 25432
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Encyclopedic overview
McDowell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,578. Its county seat is Marion.
McDowell County comprises the Marion, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charlotte-Concord, NC Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McDowell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.