LandBrief

McDowell County

Parcel & Property Data

29,965Total Parcels
—Avg. Market Value
247,932Total Acres

About This Data

LandBrief holds 29,965 parcel records for McDowell County, sourced from county records. Each includes the parcel boundary, and — where the county publishes them — owner, situs address, acreage, assessed values and legal description.

Data from the McDowell County assessor roll dated January 2022, loaded August 2026. See data sources for every county’s vintage.

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McDowell County by the Numbers

Median parcel size
0.14 acres
measured from mapped boundaries
90th-percentile parcel
2.9 acres
County land area
341,413 acres
U.S. Census measurement
Communities
22
53.7% of parcels outside any incorporated place
Out-of-state owners
20.2% of parcels
by owner mailing address

Who Owns McDowell County?

Share of the county’s 29,965 parcels by the kind of owner on record. Classified from owner names, so the boundaries are approximate; an entity the rules cannot place counts as an individual.

Owner typeShare of parcels
Individuals82.5%
Companies & organizations7.4%
Trusts & estates2.6%
Government4.0%
Other / unclassified3.4%

The largest owner on record is BOARD OF EDUCATION with 235 parcels — see the full landowner leaderboard.

Parcel Records (~29,965 total)

per page
Parcel IDOwnerAddressCityAcreage
01 393000100000000POCAHONTAS SURFACE—Unincorporated27337.82
03 392000100000000POCAHONTAS SURFACE—Unincorporated20205.55
13 244000100000000W VA STATE CONSERVATION COMM—Unincorporated4356.39
04 149000100000000POCAHONTAS SURFACE—Unincorporated4252.38
04 192001300000000PREMIUM ENERGY LLC—Unincorporated4100.39
01 374000600000000POCAHONTAS SURFACE—Unincorporated3709.53
13 166000900000000WARRIOR OF ARKANSAS INC—Unincorporated3454.77
03 409000300000000BERWIND LAND CO—Unincorporated2859.91
13 122000100000000ADDISON LAND & DEVELOPMENT CO—Unincorporated2515.32
04 170000200000000MCDOWELL COUNTY EDA INC—Unincorporated2484.46
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many parcels are in McDowell County?

The McDowell County assessor roll on file records 29,965 parcels across 22 communities, with 53.7% lying outside any incorporated place.

Who owns the most land in McDowell County?

BOARD OF EDUCATION holds 235 parcels, the most of any owner on record — the largest-landowners leaderboard ranks the top 25.

What is the typical parcel size in McDowell County?

Measured from mapped boundaries, the median parcel is 0.14 acres, and nine parcels in ten are under 2.9 acres. Boundary-measured area closely tracks deeded acreage but is not the deed.

How much of McDowell County is owned from out of state?

20.2% of parcels list an owner mailing address outside WV, per the county’s own records.

How much of McDowell County is government-owned?

Government entities — federal, state, and local — hold 4.0% of the county’s parcels, classified from owner names on the roll.

How current is this data?

It comes from the McDowell County assessor roll dated January 2022. Counties deliver on their own schedules; the methodology page explains how records are processed and the data sources page tracks every county’s vintage.

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29,965 parcels across 22 communities in McDowell County.