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Pocahontas County
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county in West Virginia, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pocahontas County is referenced by 509 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, West Virginia and African Americans.
The entry is geolocated on the map in WV.
It is catalogued under topics including 1821 establishments in Virginia, Former counties of Virginia and Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- December 21, 1821
- Named after
- Pocahontas
- Seat
- Marlinton
- County commission president
- Walt Helmick
- County commission
- Jamie Walker , John Rebinski
- Total
- 942 sq mi (2,440 km )
- Land
- 940 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.2%
- Rank
- 3rd
- Estimate 2025
- 7,602
- Density
- 8.4/sq mi (3.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 304, 681
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Senate district
- 11th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Pocahontas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Marlinton
- Population
- 7869
- Area
- 2439
- Elevation
- 815
- Shares border with
- Greenbrier County
- Official website
- www.pocahontascounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Durbin & Greenbrier Valley RR Station (3805661916).jpg
- Households
- 3578
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1821-12-21
- Commons category
- Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- different from
- Pocahontas County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Pocahontas County
- per capita income
- 25811
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pocahontas County, West Virginia
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Encyclopedic overview
Pocahontas County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,869. 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 who came 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pocahontas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.