Big Vein

Big Vein is a hamlet in Tazewell, Virginia. Big Vein is situated nearby to the hamlet Bernietown, as well as near the village Pocahontas.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in United States of America
Also known as: “Big Vane”, “Big Vein, VA”, and “Big Vein, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pocahontas State Correctional Center.

Pocahontas State Correctional Center

Prison

The Pocahontas State Correctional Center is a medium-security prison located on 35 acres in Tazewell County, just west of the town of Pocahontas, Virginia. The $68.6 million facility was completed in the summer of 2007, and opened in September, 2007.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pocahontas and Boissevain.

Pocahontas

Village

Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pocahontas is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It was named for Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas, who lived in the 17th-century Jamestown Settlement.

Boissevain

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Boissevain is an unincorporated community, census-designated place, and former coal town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It was defined as a census-designated place at the 1950 United States census under the spelling Boissevaine, when it had a population of 1,197. Boissevain is situated 1½ miles southwest of Big Vein.

Wolfe

Hamlet

Wolfe is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Wolfe is located along West Virginia Route 102 at the Virginia border and is 0.5 miles east-northeast of Pocahontas, Virginia. Wolfe is situated 1½ miles northeast of Big Vein.

Big Vein

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Tazewell, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.29623° or 37° 17′ 46″ north

Longitude

-81.35677° or 81° 21′ 24″ west

Elevation

2,398 feet (731 metres)

Open location code

869W7JWV+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 154180116

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4747574

Wikidata ID

Q16841787

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“Big Vein” goes by many names.

French: “Big Vein”
Irish: “Big Vein”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pocahontas Mine and Pocahontas Volunteer Fire Company.

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