Place:Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States

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NameGreen Bank
Alt namesGreen Bankssource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS54007290
TypeCity
Coordinates38.417°N 79.817°W
Located inPocahontas, West Virginia, United States
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Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28. Green Bank is home to the Green Bank Observatory and is also close to the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort. As of the 2020 census, its population was 141.

The community was named for a green riverbank near the original town site.

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