South
West Virginia
Putnam

Poca

Poca is a town in , United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The town derives its name from the .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 875 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Poca, West Virginia” and “Poca, WV”
  • Postal code: 25159

Places of Interest

Highlights include John E. Amos Power Plant and Poca High School.

Power station
Photo: Tikilucas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a three-unit coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power. With a nameplate rating of 2,933 MW, it is the largest generating plant in the AEP system.

School
, originally named "Pocatalico District High School", is a high school in Poca, , United States. It serves the easternmost portion of and is a part of the Putnam County Schools.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raymond City and Morgans Landing.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. The town is located at the mouth of the at the on West Virginia Route 62. The community is to the immediate north of the town of Poca.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. The community is located at the mouth of Bills Creek on the along U.S. Route 35.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 1½ miles south of Poca.

Poca

Latitude
38.47231° or 38° 28′ 20″ north
Longitude
-81.8143° or 81° 48′ 52″ west
Population
875
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US POX
Open location code
86CWF5CP+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153951214
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4818689
Wiki­data ID
Q2386599
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Satellite Map

Discover Poca from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Poca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوكا”
  • Basque: “Poca”
  • Catalan: “Poca”
  • Cebuano: “Poca”
  • Chechen: “Пока”
  • Chinese: “Poca”
  • Dutch: “Poca”
  • French: “Poca”
  • German: “Poca”
  • Gilaki: “پوکا (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “پوکا”
  • Hungarian: “Poca”
  • Italian: “Poca”
  • Ladin: “Poca”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Poca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Poca”
  • Norwegian: “Poca”
  • Persian: “پوک”
  • Polish: “Poca”
  • Portuguese: “Poca”
  • Serbian: “Пока”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Poca, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Poca”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پوکا، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Poca”
  • Tatar: “Пока”
  • Ukrainian: “Пока”
  • Volapük: “Poca”
  • Welsh: “Poca, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Poca”

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Highlights include Poca Baptist Church and Poca Town Hall.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Poca”. Photo: JaGa, CC BY-SA 4.0.