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McDowell County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- February 20, 1858
- Named after
- James McDowell
- Seat
- Welch
- Largest city
- Welch
- Total
- 534.899 sq mi (1,385.38 km )
- Land
- 533.458 sq mi (1,381.65 km )
- Water
- 1.441 sq mi (3.73 km ) 0.27%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,878
- Density
- 32.141/sq mi (12.410/km )
- Demonym
- McDowellian (Colloquial)
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Area code
- 304 and 681
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- mcdowellcountycommission.com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
A coal miner's house and family, 1946
McDowell County is a county in the State of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111, and was estimated to be 16,878 in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McDowell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.