Settlers first began arriving in the region during the 1790s, but McDowell County was not established until 1858 when a portion of Tazewell County was taken for its formation. The county was named in honor of James McDowell, governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. Its boundaries have not changed since its creation,
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