McDowell County
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McDowell County is a county of North Carolina, United States.

## Overview

McDowell County is a county of [North Carolina](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/north-carolina.html), United States (FIPS nc111), with a population of about 44,996[^geonames].

## Geography

- Coordinates: 35.6812, -82.0487
- Time zone: America/New_York

Updated: 2026-10-29

Relations:
- Located in: North Carolina https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/north-carolina.html
- Contains places: Marion https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-marion.html
- Contains places: Old Fort https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-old-fort.html
- Contains places: West Marion https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-west-marion.html

Mentioned in:
- Old Fort https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-old-fort.html
- West Marion https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/nc-west-marion.html

Sources:
- GeoNames US dataset (US.txt / admin2Codes.txt) https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/US.zip