The donation of the 1870 McDowell County, West Virginia, Census images for permanent,
free display in the USGenWeb Archives was made possible through the
generosity of Russell Lawrence and the
permission of S-K Publications [www.SKcensus.com]. These census
images are copyrighted by S-K Publications and are not to be republished or
redistributed without their permission. The images are also available on CD
(in a higher-quality format that was reduced when they were converted to
.GIF files for the Web) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS
67208-0173.

The 1870 McDowell County, West Virginia, Census contains 52 pages (census 
images), numbered 467A through 493B.
Pages 476A and 482B were not copied from the microfilm, as they are blank.

The name of each image file is the page number. 

Page numbers for specific county subdivisions are as follows:
Big Creek Township: 467A-475B
Elkhorn Township: 477A-482A
Sandy River Township: 483A-493B

The 1870 McDowell County, West Virginia, Census images are at: 

       http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/mcdowell/census/1870/