Pocahontas
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.- Type: Village with 429 residents
- Description: town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Pocahontas, VA”, “Pocahontas, Virginia”, and “Pocohontas”
- Postal code: 24635
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 Wolfe and Bluestone.
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.
Bluestone
Hamlet
Bluestone is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Bluestone is located along the Bluestone River and West Virginia Route 102, 1 mile south of Bramwell.
Coopers
Hamlet
Coopers is a neighborhood of Bramwell, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. It was named after John Cooper, a figure in the local mining industry.
Pocahontas
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Tazewell, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.3038° or 37° 18′ 14″ northLongitude
-81.33946° or 81° 20′ 22″ westPopulation
429Elevation
2,329 feet (710 metres)Open location code
869W8M36+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 153862143OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4779576Wikidata ID
Q732180
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pocahontas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوكاهونتس”
- Basque: “Pocahontas”
- Catalan: “Pocahontas”
- Cebuano: “Pocahontas”
- Chechen: “Покахонтас”
- Chinese: “Pocahontas”
- Dutch: “Pocahontas”
- French: “Pocahontas”
- German: “Pocahontas”
- Gilaki: “پوکاهونتاس (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “پوکاهونتاس”
- Haitian: “Pocahontas, Vijini”
- Haitian: “Pocahontas”
- Hungarian: “Pocahontas”
- Italian: “Pocahontas”
- Japanese: “ポカホンタス”
- Ladin: “Pocahontas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pocahontas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pocahontas”
- Norwegian: “Pocahontas”
- Polish: “Pocahontas”
- Portuguese: “Pocahontas”
- Serbian: “Покахонтас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pocahontas, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pocahontas”
- Spanish: “Pocahontas”
- Tatar: “Покахонтас”
- Ukrainian: “Покахонтас”
- Uzbek: “Pocahontas”
- Volapük: “Pocahontas”
- Welsh: “Pocahontas, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Pocahontas”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pocahontas Post Office and Pocahontas Branch Library.
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