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 MCDOWELL COUNTY MAP |
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Asheville Black Mountain HENDERSON Hendersonville Flat Rock Etowah TRANSYLVANIA Brevard Sapphire JACKSON Cashiers Toxaway Glenville MACON Highlands Franklin HAYWOOD Waynesville Maggie Valley POLK Tryon Columbus RUTHERFORD Lake Lure Forest City Rutherfordton MCDOWELL Marion MADISON Mars Hill BURKE Morganton Lake Rhodhiss Lake James UPSTATE S. CAROLINA Landrum Greenville Inman Spartanburg Anderson Clemson |
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McDowell County North Carolina is nestled in the mountains and has attractions from mountain falls, to camping, Mt. Mitchell State Park and More. Visit McDowell County Tourism McDowell County covers 436 square miles with approximately 75% of the land covered in forest. Average rainfall is 52.32 inches; mean temperature is 75 degrees summer and 41.2 degrees winter. The elevation in McDowell County ranges from 900-5665 feet above sea level. The largest city is Marion. |
 Welcome! McDowell County
Welcome to McDowell County; towns
include -- Marion, Old Fort, and
Little Switzerland.
 The part of Western North
Carolina that was to become McDowell County
was once the edge of this
country's western frontier. Civilization
ended here. Beyond this area, a dangerous, back country awaited bold
settlers. McDowell County was once one of the largest gold producing regions in the United States. The U.S. gold rush originated in North Carolina before  migrating westward. In the early 1800's, several
thousand gold
miners crowded into the area that would become McDowell County....cont. below   |
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