McDowell County

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administrative territorial entity county

McDowell County is a rural, historically coal-mining county located in the southern part of West Virginia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borders	Buchanan County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Mercer County, West Virginia → Mingo County, West Virginia → Tazewell County, Virginia NERFINISHED → Wyoming County, West Virginia →
characteristic	rural →
country	United States of America →
countrySubdivision	West Virginia →
countySeat	Welch →
daylightSavingTimeZone	Eastern Daylight Time →
economicChallenge	decline of coal industry →
elevationFeature	Appalachian Plateau →
FIPSCountyCode	054047 →
formedFrom	Tazewell County, Virginia NERFINISHED →
GNISID	1555120 →
hasCity	Welch →
hasCorrectionalFacility	Federal Correctional Institution, McDowell →
hasHistoricResource	coal company towns → railroad infrastructure →
hasRiver	Elkhorn Creek NERFINISHED → Tug Fork →
hasSchoolDistrict	McDowell County Schools →
hasTown	Gary → Iaeger → Keystone → Kimball → War →
historicalIndustry	coal mining →
inCongressionalDistrict	West Virginia's 1st congressional district →
knownFor	coal mining →
largestCity	Welch →
locatedIn	Appalachia → West Virginia → southern West Virginia →
locatedInMountainRange	Appalachian Mountains →
namedFor	James McDowell →
partOf	State of West Virginia →
partOfRegion	Southern Coalfields of West Virginia →
postalAbbreviationState	WV →
regionType	coalfield →
seat	Welch →
socioeconomicIssue	high poverty rate → population decline → unemployment →
state	West Virginia →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
USStateFIPSCode	54 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Southern West Virginia →	hasCounty