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| McDowell County decreased in size in 1861 when Mitchell County was created, and again in 1925 when it ceded land to Buncombe County. Its population grew from 6,246 in 1850 to 22,546 in 2000. Click on the maps below to peruse the known towns and villages that came and went over the past century and a half - a few cannot be located since they do not show up on available maps of NC. | ||||
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