McDowell County topographic map
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McDowell County
Archaeological excavations performed by Dr. David Moore during the early 1980s, revealed artifacts and other evidence that the earliest inhabitants of McDowell County lived there from the Woodland period and Mississippian culture era, from 250 to 1500 AD. Dr. Moore discovered this material in an area close to the Catawba River, in and around an unusual topographical site known as Round Hill. Both the historic Cherokee and Catawba Indians were Native American peoples known to live in what is now McDowell County, and they had been there long before any Europeans. These Native Americans were living in this section for centuries before the Spanish Juan Pardo's 1566 expedition to the interior region from the Atlantic coast.
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Name: McDowell County topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: McDowell County, North Carolina, United States (35.51799 -82.29503 35.96006 -81.82413)
Average elevation: 2,238 ft
Minimum elevation: 955 ft
Maximum elevation: 6,555 ft
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