All numbers have the area code 828
| EMERGENCY | 911 |
| Hospital | 659-5000 |
| Poison Control . | 800-222-1222 |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT: | |
| Highway Patrol | 652-2181 |
| For cellular phone | *HP |
| Police: | |
| MARION | 652-3231 |
| OLD FORT | 668-7830 |
| Sheriff's Department | 652-4000 |
| SERVICES: | |
| Animal Shelter | 460-3451 |
| Auto/Tag Registration | 652-0179 |
| Clerk of Superior Court | 652-7717 |
| Community Building (Marion) | 652-3551 |
| Dept. of Motor Vehicles (NC) | 652-3746 |
| Driver's License | 652-5828 |
| Electricity: | |
| Duke Energy | 652-3211 |
| Rutherford Elec. Membership Corp | 652-2136 |
| Employment Security Commission | 652-7131 |
| Health Department | 652-6811 |
| Library | |
| Marion | 652-3858 |
| Old Fort | 668-7111 |
| Mental Health Department | 652-2919 |
| Recreation Department | 652-3001 |
| Register of Deeds | 652-4727 |
| Schools-District Office | 652-4535 |
| McDowell Tech. Community College | 652-6021 |
| Senior Center | 652-8953 |
| Social Services | 652-3355 |
| State Park (Lake James) | 584-7730 |
| Telephone (Frontier Communications): | 800-483-4000 |
| Tourism Office | 668-4282 |
| Water & Sewer Dept.: | |
| Marion | 652-3551 |
| Old Fort | 668-7112 |
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES | |
| McDowell County | 652-7121 |
| Marion | 652-3551 |
| Old Fort | 668-4244 |
| WEBSITES | |
| County | www.mcdowellgov.com |
| Marion | www.marionnc.org |
| Old Fort | www.oldfort.org |
| Chamber of Commerce | www.mcdowellchamber.com |
| Schools | www.mcdowellk12.nc.us |
| Tourism Department | www.mcdowellnc.org |
