ZIP codes in McDowell County
37 ZIPs touch McDowell County, West Virginia. The blue dashed line is the county border; orange ZIPs reach into it.
37
ZIP codes
5
cross the county line
21,436
people in these ZIPs
55
counties in WV
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McDowell County ZIP list
More counties in West Virginia
- Lewis County12
- Lincoln County21
- Logan County35
- Marion County22
- Marshall County10
- Mason County19
- Mercer County22
- Mineral County10
- Mingo County23
- Monongalia County23
- Monroe County15
- Morgan County4
Questions people actually ask
How many ZIP codes are in McDowell County, West Virginia?
37 ZIP codes reach into McDowell County, including 1 PO Box or single-address ZIPs placed by the town they serve. 5 of them are only partly in the county and also cover a neighboring county.
Which ZIP code in McDowell County has the most people?
24801 (Welch) has about 4,745 residents, the most of any ZIP touching McDowell County, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020–2024 estimates.
Can a ZIP code be in McDowell County and another county?
Yes. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not county lines. Rows marked with a percentage show how much of that ZIP’s land is in McDowell County. For one address, pin the exact spot on the ZIP finder to see its county.
Where does this list come from?
ZIP areas and their county overlaps come from the Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. PO Box ZIPs have no area, so each is placed in the county of the ZIP area nearest the town it serves.
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Updated 2026-11-10 · Where the data comes from