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Bishop is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, and Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. Bishop lies on the Virginia-West Virginia state line at the intersection of West Virginia Route 16 and West Virginia Route 161.
Nebo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Nebo Township of eastern McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. [2] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,790. [3]
In the 1960s and 1970s, McDowell County coal continued to be a major source of fuel for the steel and electric power generation industries. As United States steel production declined, however, McDowell County suffered further losses. In 1986, the closure of the US Steel mines in nearby Gary led to an immediate loss of more than 1,200 jobs. In ...
ZIP code: 24844. Area code: 304: FIPS code: ... It is the westernmost town in McDowell County. Climate ... abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. [7] Demographics
Erdenheim is a community in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is served by the 19038 ZIP Code. The primary commercial areas are located along Bethlehem Pike. The name is German for "Earthly Home," and comes from nearby Erdenheim Farm, which was established in 1765 by Johannes Georg Hocker. The area was known as ...
Marion continues to be a community that values athletics, especially the "Fightin' Titans" of McDowell High, whose girls' basketball team won the 1992 North Carolina 4A State Championship. McDowell County and the City of Marion is protected by the Marion Police Department as well as the McDowell County Sheriffs Office.
During the early 1940s, Gary Hollow, named for Elbert Henry Gary, [8] produced around a quarter of the amount of coal mined from McDowell County, as well as a quarter of the coal used by U.S. Steel during World War II. [7] At the time, the town boasted a large number of African American miners and began integrating the school system in the ...
Keystone is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.Per the 2020 census, the population was 176. [5] Keystone is one of the few municipalities in West Virginia with an African-American majority, with 65 percent of the residents being black.