McDowell County, West Virginia
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| McDowell County, West Virginia | |
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 Location in the state of West Virginia | |
 Location of West Virginia in the U.S. | |
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| Founded | 1858 |
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| County Seat | Welch |
| Courthouse | |
United States 
West Virginia McDowell County
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County Courthouse
McDowell County Courthouse
90 Wyoming Street
#109 Welch, WV 24801 304-436-8344
- County Clerk has birth records from 1872
- Marriage records from 1861
- Death records 1894
- Probate and land records 1897
- Circuit Court Clerk has divorce records[1]
History
Early History of McDowell County, West Virginia
McDowell County, West Virginia
Welcome to McDowell County, West Virginia
Parent County
1858--McDowell County was created 20 February 1858 from Tazewell County (Virginia).
County seat: Welch [1]
County seat first Perryville; changed to Welch in 1892.
Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of McDowell County boundary changes.
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Towns in McDowell County, West Virginia
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Interment.net McDowell County, West Virginia
Tombstone Transcription Project McDowell County, West Virginia
McDowell County, West Virginia Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing McDowell County, West Virginia census records online, see: West Virginia Census.
Church
Court
Land
Names Early Connected with the Land in McDowell County
Local Histories
West Virginia Archives
Evans, Norma Pontiff. First Families of McDowell County, West Virginia. s.l. Author, 1981.
929.1 M138.
Friedl, Joseph. A History of Education in McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1976. Parsons, West Virginia, McClain Printing Company, 1975.
370.9754 F911h.
Goodykoontz, Wells. Address Delivered by Wells Goodykoontz, Tuesday, June 14, 1927, at the Unveiling of Tablet of Black Wolf, McDowell County, West Virginia . s.l., n.p., 1927. 929.2 H287 Pam.
Grisby, Louise Carter. Come Back With Me to Gary, West Virginia. s.l., n.p., n.d.
975.449 G857.
Lad, Virginia. Sodom and Gomorrah of Today; or the History of Keystone, West Virginia. s.l., n.p., 1912.
975.449 L153.
McDowell County Centennial, 1858-1958. s.l., n.p., 1958.
975.449 M138c.
McDowell County, West Virginia, The Nations Coal Bin. s.l., n.p., n.d.
917.5449 M138.
Solins, Mrs. Samuel and Jones, Mrs. Paul. McDowell County History; A Pictorial History of McDowell County, West Virginia. Fort Worth, Texas, University Supply and Equipment Company, 1959.
975.449 M138.
Sowers, Auburn Daniel. Facts About McDowell County, West Virginia. s.l., n.p., 1912.
975.449 S731 Pam.
Welch West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. s.l., n.p., n.d.
917.5449 W439 Pam.
Maps
McDowell County, West Virginia Map
McDowell County West Virginia 1895
TrailsRus McDowell County, West Virginia
McDowell County, West Virginia Map
Military
West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Naturalization
- West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991
Newspapers
Welch Daily News
Box 569
Welch, WV 24801
304.436.3144
McDowell Public Library
Probate
McDowell County, West Virignia Will Books 1893-1968
West Virginia Will Books
Taxation
Vital Records
West Virginia Vital Records - Birth - Death - Marriages
Societies and Libraries
McDowell County Historical Society
HC 61 Box 37-B
Paynesville, WV 24873
President: Dr. Tom Hatcher
Secretary/Treasurer: Geneva Steele
Family History Centers
The closest family history centers are the Huntington Family History Center and Charleston Family History Center
Craft Memorial Library, Bluefield, WV
Web Sites
- Family History Library Catalog
- CYNDI'S List West Virginia
- McDowell County Articles
- McDowell West Virginia Families
- McDowell Count National Register of Historic Places
- McDowell County, West Virginia Wikipedia
- McDowell County, West Virginia Photo Album
- McDowell County, West Virginia Statistics
- Flat Top Field, McDowell County, West Virginia
- Photographs McDowell County, West Virginia
- Pictorial History of McDowell county 1858-1958
- McDowell County, West Virginia photos
- Coalwood West Virginia Home of the Rocket Boys
- McDowell County Biographies
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