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McDowell County is a county in the State of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. [2] Its county seat is Welch. [3] McDowell County is the southernmost county in the state. It was created in 1858 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Virginia Governor James McDowell. [4]
He served as assistant prosecuting attorney for McDowell County from 1928 to 1936, and as a member of the Welch city council from 1944 to 1948. Miller was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as the United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands in 1954, and he was reappointed to the position in 1958.
This category includes articles detailing county prosecuting attorneys in the U.S. state of West Virginia. For county prosecuting attorneys before West Virginia statehood in 1863, see Category:County and city Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia.
Jul. 11—BLUEFIELD — A McDowell County man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to distribution of fentanyl, officials with the Southern District Court of West Virginia said. According to ...
Jul. 7—WELCH — Two McDowell County residents are facing multiple charges including drug delivery resulting in death relating to the death of a man in the Jolo area. Jaclyn JoAnn Kersey, 43, of ...
Jul. 13—WELCH — A McDowell County deputy has been suspended from duty after being charged with domestic battery against his wife. The deputy, Martin Kevin Shelton, 47, of Avondale, has been ...
He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1950 and 1952. He was a Republican. He was born in Keystone, West Virginia. His father A. L. Calhoun ran a poolroom. [1] He was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. [2] He was one of several African Americans to represent McDowell County in the West Virginia House of Delegates. [3]
In West Virginia, the county is the unit of government, although an unsuccessful attempt to introduce the township system was made in West Virginia's first constitution. Each of the state's 55 counties has a county commission , consisting of three commissioners elected for six years but with terms so arranged that one is up for reelection every ...