Place:Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States
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NamePocahontas
Alt namesPocahontassource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.317°N 80.033°W
Located inWest Virginia, United States     (1863 - )
Also located inVirginia, United States     (1821 - 1863)
See alsoGreenbrier, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Pendleton, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Randolph, West Virginia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Richard Hill Cemetery
Inhabited place
Arbovale
Bartow
Beard Heights
Beard
Boyer
Braucher
Brownsburg
Buckeye
Burner
Burnsides
Campbelltown
Cass
Clawson
Clover Lick
Deer Creek
Denmar
Dilleys Mill
Droop
Dunmore
Durbin
Edray
Frank
Frost
Green Bank
Harter
Hillsboro
Hosterman
Huntersville
Jacox
Kennison
Knapp
Linwood
Lobelia
Locust
Mace
Marlinton
May
Mill Point
Minnehaha Springs
Nida
Nottingham
Olive
Onoto
Raywood
Rimel
Seebert
Sitlington
Slaty Fork
Spice
Stillwell
Stony Bottom
Thornwood
Thorny Creek
Violet
Walnut
Wanless
Warwick
Watoga
Wildell
Woodrow
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Pocahontas County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,719. Its county seat is Marlinton. The county was established in 1821. It is named after the daughter of the Powhatan chief of the Native Americans in the United States from Jamestown, Virginia. She married an English settler and their children became ancestors of many of the First Families of Virginia.

Pocahontas County is the home to the Green Bank Observatory and is part of the National Radio Quiet Zone.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1821 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1830 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1863 Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia Source:Wikipedia
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 2,542
1840 2,922
1850 3,598
1860 3,958
1870 4,069
1880 5,591
1890 6,814
1900 8,572
1910 14,740
1920 15,002
1930 14,555
1940 13,906
1950 12,480
1960 10,136
1970 8,870
1980 9,919
1990 9,008
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Text from Pocahontas County, Virginia Page

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On December 12, 1821, Pocahontas County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly from parts of Bath, Pendleton and Randolph counties. It was named in honor of Pocahontas (1595-1617), the Indian princess and daughter of Chief Powhatan, the King of the Confederated tribes of Atlantic Virginia.

Pocahontas County became part of the State of West Virginia when it was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.

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