Old Fort is a town in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 811 people in the 2020 U.S. census. Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Old Fort was populated by the Catawba and Cherokee. In the 1500s, Spanish explorers came through the area. English and Scottish settlers arrived in the area in the mid-1…
Old Fort is a town in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 811 people in the 2020 U.S. census. Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Old Fort was populated by the Catawba and Cherokee. In the 1500s, Spanish explorers came through the area. English and Scottish settlers arrived in the area in the mid-1700s.