Big Vein
Big Vein is an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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
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 in the United States and locality
- Location: Tazewell, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.29623° or 37° 17′ 46″ northLongitude
-81.35677° or 81° 21′ 24″ westElevation
2,398 feet (731 metres)Open location code
869W7JWV+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 154180116OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Big Vein” goes by many names.
- French: “Big Vein”
- Irish: “Big Vein”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pocahontas Mine and Pocahontas Volunteer Fire Company.
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