McDowell County, North Carolina

administration
The McDowell County Courthouse (2011) is one of 13 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Marion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 60 East Court Street Marion, NC 28752-4041
Foundation :	1842
Made up from:	Burke County Rutherford County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	42,151 (2000)
Population density :	36.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1156 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

Website : www.main.nc.us/mcdowell/

McDowell County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is in Marion , named after Francis Marion , a general and hero in the American Revolutionary War .

geography

The county is located in west-central North Carolina, about equidistant from Tennessee , Georgia and South Carolina , and has an area of 1,156 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Mitchell County , Avery County , Burke County , Rutherford County , Buncombe County, and Yancey Counties .

McDowell County is divided into ten townships : Brackett, Crooked Creek, Dysartsville, Glenwood, Higgins, Marion, Montford Cove, Nebo, North Cove, and Old Fort.

history

McDowell County was formed on December 19, 1842 from parts of Burke County and Rutherford County. It was named after Joseph McDowell , a member of the United States Congress and House of Representatives and Colonel in the American Revolutionary War .

A total of 13 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 4, 2018).

Population development

year	Residents
1980	35,013
1990	35,681
2000	42,151

Demographic data

As of the 2000 census , McDowell County's population was 42,151. Of these, 1,394 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 16,604 households and 11,954 families. The population density was 37 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.18 percent white, 4.16 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.92 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.61 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.88 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 16,604 households, 30.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 57.5 percent of these were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers and 28.0 percent were non-families. 24.3 percent were single households and 10.3 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.90 people.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.2 percent were between 18 and 24 years old, 29.9 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 24.9 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For all females there were 99.3 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 97.7 men.

The median income for a household (median) was 32 396 US $ and the median income for a family was $ 37,789. Males had a median income of $ 26,609 versus $ 21,640 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,109. 11.6 percent of the population and 9.0 percent of families lived below the poverty line, including 15.1 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 15.7 percent of those aged 65 and over.

Web links

Commons : McDowell County (North Carolina) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1025836. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 199 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 4, 2018.
↑ McDowell County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.68 -82.05Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′ N , 82 ° 3 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1025836. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 199 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 4, 2018.

[4] McDowell County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .