Census Data for West Marion
As far as we can tell, West Marion has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for West Marion, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Marion
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Fort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Montreat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Black Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spruce Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Lure
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chimney Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morganton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ruth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Rutherfordton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Spindale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
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- Bostic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burnsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Drexel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Drexel is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel
McDowell County ...
West Marion is located in McDowell County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for McDowell County.
Miscellaneous Information for West Marion ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either McDowell County or the community of West Marion:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to West Marion:
- GNIS ID for West Marion: 1023170
- GNIS ID for McDowell County: 1025836
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- West Marion is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for West Marion.
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