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 |
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United States 
West Virginia McDowell County
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County Courthouse
McDowell County
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
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
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing McDowell County, West Virginia census records online, see: West Virginia Census.
Join us in indexing the 1940 Census
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Naturalization
- West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991
Newspapers
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
Family History Centers
The closest family history centers are the Huntington Family History Center and Charleston Family History Center
Web Sites
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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