McDowell (Wayne County, OH) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McDowell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McDowell and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County

Communities Also Named McDowell ...

We found eight communities that share the name McDowell.

Within Ohio, the name McDowell is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Sumter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of McDowell [Sumter County].
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of McDowell [Maricopa County].
- Illinois
  - Livingston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of McDowell [Livingston County].
- Kentucky
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of McDowell [Floyd County].
- Missouri
  - Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of McDowell [Barry County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of McDowell [Hamilton County].
- Virginia
  - Highland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of McDowell [Highland County].
- West Virginia
  - McDowell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of McDowell [McDowell County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that McDowell could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.