McDowell County, West Virginia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/McDowell_County,_West_Virginia

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:county
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2	535
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Tazewell_County,_Virginia gptkb:Raleigh_County,_West_Virginia gptkb:Mercer_County,_West_Virginia gptkb:Wyoming_County,_West_Virginia gptkb:Mingo_County,_West_Virginia gptkb:Buchanan_County,_Virginia
gptkbp:congressionalDistrict	1st
gptkbp:containsCommunity	gptkb:Thorpe gptkb:Premier gptkb:Yukon gptkb:war gptkb:Big_Sandy_River gptkb:Elkhorn gptkb:Gary gptkb:Panther gptkb:Keystone gptkb:Vivian gptkb:Kimball gptkb:Switchback gptkb:Squire gptkb:Bradshaw gptkb:Anawalt gptkb:Coalwood gptkb:Davy gptkb:Iaeger gptkb:Northfork gptkb:Pageton gptkb:Roderfield gptkb:Wilcoe
gptkbp:countySeat	gptkb:Welch
gptkbp:decliningPopulation	true
gptkbp:elevationM	800 3700
gptkbp:established	1858
gptkbp:FIPS_code	54-047
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:coal railroads
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	McDowell County, West Virginia
gptkbp:knownFor	coal mining
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Welch
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:United_States gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:James_McDowell
gptkbp:notableEvent	Battle of Matewan proximity
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Carter_G._Woodson gptkb:Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr. gptkb:Homer_Hickam
gptkbp:population	19288
gptkbp:populationAsOf	2020
gptkbp:povertyRate	high
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Appalachia
gptkbp:schoolDistrict	gptkb:McDowell_County_Schools
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone
gptkbp:website	http://www.mcdowellcountycommission.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tazewell_County,_Virginia gptkb:Mercer_County,_West_Virginia gptkb:Tug_Fork
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6