Place:McDowell, North Carolina, United States

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Place Information
Name
McDowell
Alternate names
McDowell     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Located in
North Carolina, United States     (1842 - )
See also
Burke, North Carolina, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Census-designated place
West Marion
Inhabited place
Ashford
Clinchfield
Coleman
Davistown
Dendron
Dysartsville
East Marion
Garden Creek
Glenlaurel
Glenwood
Graphite
Greenlee
Hankins
Jacktown
Lackey Town
Little Switzerland
Marion
Moffitt Hill
Mountain Home
Nebo
North Cove Crossing
North Cove
Old Fort
Osborne Knob
Patten
Pleasant Gardens
Providence
Sevier
Stumptown
Sugar Hill
Sunnyvale
Toms Creek
Vein Mountain
Wildacres
Woodlawn
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

McDowell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 42,151. Its county seat is Marion6.

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History

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The county was formed in 1842 from parts of Burke County and Rutherford County. It was named for Joseph McDowell, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, a hero of the Battle of King's Mountain, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799.

In 1861, parts of McDowell County, Burke County, Caldwell County, Watauga County, and Yancey County were combined to form Mitchell County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1813 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1841 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1842 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1842 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1914 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1930 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 6,246
1860 7,120
1870 7,592
1880 9,836
1890 10,939
1900 12,567
1910 13,538
1920 16,763
1930 20,336
1940 22,996
1950 25,720
1960 26,742
1970 30,648
1980 35,135
1990 35,681
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External links

www.main.nc.us/mcdowell/index.html

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