West Virginia
Potomac Highlands
Pocahontas

Marlinton

Marlinton is a town of 960 people in . It is the county seat of Pocahontas County. Pocahontas County is known locally as the "Birthplace of the Rivers" because the Greenbrier, Cherry, Elk, Cheat, Gauley, Tygart, Williams and Cranberry rivers all originate from the area.
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  • Type: Town with 1,240 residents
  • Description: town in West Virginia, US
  • Also known as: “Marlin’s Bottom”, “Marling Bottom”, “Marlings”, “Marlington”, “Marlins”, “Marlins Bottom”, “Marlinton, West Virginia”, and “Marlinton, WV”
  • Postal code: 24954

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pocahontas County Opera House and Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The is located in rural Marlinton, West Virginia. Court reporter J.G. Tilton, of , built the original building in 1907.

Courthouse
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a historic courthouse and jail located at Marlinton, . The courthouse was built in 1894, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick, Victorian Romanesque building with a stone raised basement level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beard Heights and Campbelltown.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on U.S. Route 219, 1.5 miles southwest of Marlinton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on U.S. Route 219, 1.5 miles north of Marlinton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on the east bank of the , 1 mile south of Marlinton.

Marlinton

Latitude
38.2235° or 38° 13′ 24″ north
Longitude
-80.0945° or 80° 5′ 40″ west
Population
1,240
Elevation
2,126 feet (648 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US M4L
Open location code
86CX6WF4+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153966212
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4813774
Wiki­data ID
Q771937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Marlinton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مارلينتون”
  • Basque: “Marlinton”
  • Bulgarian: “Марлинтон”
  • Catalan: “Marlinton”
  • Cebuano: “Marlinton”
  • Chechen: “Марлинтон”
  • Chinese: “Marlinton”
  • Chinese: “馬林頓”
  • Chinese: “馬靈頓”
  • Dutch: “Marlinton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مارلينتون”
  • French: “Marlinton”
  • German: “Marlinton”
  • Gilaki: “مارلینتن (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “مارلینتن”
  • Hungarian: “Marlinton”
  • Irish: “Marlinton”
  • Italian: “Marlinton”
  • Japanese: “マーリントン”
  • Ladin: “Marlinton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marlinton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marlinton”
  • Norwegian: “Marlinton”
  • Persian: “مارلینتون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “مارلینتون”
  • Polish: “Marlinton”
  • Portuguese: “Marlinton”
  • Russian: “Марлинтон”
  • Serbian: “Марлинтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marlinton, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marlinton”
  • Silesian: “Marlinton”
  • Spanish: “Marlinton”
  • Swedish: “Marlinton”
  • Tatar: “Марлинтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Марлінтон”
  • Volapük: “Marlinton”
  • Welsh: “Marlinton, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Marlinton”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Marlinton”. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.