North Carolina McDowell County
Marion
A city in McDowell County, North Carolina — population 7,937 as of 2020.
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News around McDowell County
Carolina Journal
September 10McDowell joins NC data center pause
Six-month moratorium comes as North Carolina weighs AI investment, energy costs, and post-Helene infrastructure.
Real Estate & DevelopmentIn and around Marion
See & do
- Alterations Shop
- Blue Ridge Terrace Apartments
- Care South Homecare Profession
- Clinchfield Neighborhood Park
- Good Times Family Fun Center
Eat, drink & stay
- After 5 Pub & Grill
- Amazingly Reel
- Americas Best Value Inn Marion
- Copper Creek Distillery
- Boondocks sports bar
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Marion by the numbers
- Area
- 5.97 sq mi (15.47 km²), 0.03 sq mi water
- Median age
- 39.1
- Households
- 2,869
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median house value
- $163,500
- Office
- CITY MANAGER
- Address
- PO BOX 700, MARION, NC 28752