Town of 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.

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 Bramwell and Boissevain.

Bramwell

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Bramwell is a town of 426 people in the Bluefield micropolitan area of West Virginia. Incorporated in 1888, Bramwell became known as the "Home of Millionaires" because it contained more millionaires per capita around the turn of the 20th century than any other town in the US; today, their Victorian and Tudor style mansions can still be viewed.

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 2½ miles southwest of Town of Pocahontas.

Town of Pocahontas

Type: Locality with 389 residents
Location: Tazewell, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.3069° or 37° 18′ 25″ north

Longitude

-81.3432° or 81° 20′ 36″ west

Population

389

Elevation

2,536 feet (773 metres)

Open location code

869W8M44+PP

GeoNames ID

7162086

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