Place:Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States

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Pocahontas County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,719. Its county seat is Marlinton. The county was established in 1821. It is named after the daughter of the Powhatan chief of the Native Americans in the United States from Jamestown, Virginia. She married an English settler and their children became ancestors of many of the First Families of Virginia.

Pocahontas County is the home to the Green Bank Observatory and is part of the National Radio Quiet Zone.

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On December 12, 1821, Pocahontas County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly from parts of Bath, Pendleton and Randolph counties. It was named in honor of Pocahontas (1595-1617), the Indian princess and daughter of Chief Powhatan, the King of the Confederated tribes of Atlantic Virginia.

Pocahontas County became part of the State of West Virginia when it was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.