Pocahontas County
county in West Virginia, United States
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
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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.