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There is no "G"
in MARLINTON ! This makes Marlinton the first English
settlement West of the Alleghenies.
Pocahontas County was created
by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on December 21, 1821 from parts
of Bath, Pendleton, and Randolph counties.
Link to Map of West Virginia Counties (U.S. Census Bureau)
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About Pocahontas County, West Virginia
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www.PocahontasCountyWV.com
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Mountain
Times, Serving SnowShoe Mountain, Slaty
Fork, Green Bank and Cass. "News You Can Resort To" from
The Pocahontas Times
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Pocahontas County Events Calendar, Pocahontas County Tourism Commission |
Pocahontas County Yesterday (& related counties)
Click
here to see what happened on this day in West Virginia History...
| • A West Virginia Chronology a listing of events in WV history |
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Arbovale Post Office, The History of - list of Postmasters from
1899 to 1998 |
| • Boundaries of West Virginia, The West Virginia Review October, 1935 - WV Division Of Culture And History |
| • Cal Price and The Pocahontas Times |
| • Cass, History of - Marshall University. Audio & transcripted interviews (some with pictures) with people that were involved with timbering operations in Pocahontas Co. Included are: William M. Buckley, Odey N. Cassell, Charlie Cromer, John L. Coyner, R. Bruce Crickard, Marvin R. Dunbrack, Emmett G. Galford, Sherman Hammon, Howard Hevener, Cecil C. Houchin, Wayne B. Jackson, Richard McCarty, Emerson & Carmen Sharp, Forrest Hunter Taylor, Fred C. Burns, James L. Davis, Farris Hamed, Richard I. McNeel, Mr. Matheny, Jesse Beard Powell, Charles Richardson, Howard Shinaberry, Virginia Slaven, Kerth Snyder, Mayor Rexrode, and more... |
| • Cass in Two Nutshells, by Philip Bagdon. A Brief History of Cass. The Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association. |
| • Cass Scenic Railroad. Festival Opens Today, The Inter-Mountain June 17, 1988 - WV Division Of Culture And History |
| • Droop Mountain Battlefield Dedication as a State Park -and- Dedication of Droop Mountain Battfield State Park - WV Archives & History |
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Early Education in WV (has Pocahontas Co) |
| • Exploration & Early Settlements in West Virginia, Myers' History of West Virginia |
| • Flood of 1985, 8 Counties Declared Disaster Area - WV Division Of Culture And History |
| • History of Knapp's Creek Community, written by Enid Harper in 1924- WebRoots.org |
| • History of Pocahontas County, Pocahontas Co. Economic Development |
| • History Of Minnehaha Springs Community - WV Division Of Culture And History. Surnames: Ruckman, Lockridge, Cleek, Harper, Seybert, Alderman, Rimel, Sharp, Dever, Shinaberry, Hiveley, White, McElwee, Driscol, Pritchard, Moore, Rexrode, McLaughlin, Ervine, Friel, and more. |
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History of West Virginia Old and New - WVGenWeb (has Pocahontas
Co) |
| • Location of Pocahontas Co. Schools, Okey L. King |
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| • Midwifery in West Virginia - WV Division of Culture and History |
| • Onoto, Pocahontas County. According to the book "History of Pocahontas County West Virginia 1981", by the Pocahontas County Historical Society, page 14, the town of Onoto was named for a Japanese lady poet, Onoto Wantano [sic]. It should be spelled Watanna. Here is some background on the poet Onoto. |
| • Potomac Highlands West Virginia History, WVExplorer (includes Pocahontas Co.) |
| • Schools of Pocahontas Co., Photographs of - WV Division Of Culture And History |
| • Virginia Frontier Defenses 1719-1795 - WV Division Of Culture And History. Forts: Clover Lick, Drennan, Dunmore, Keckley, Warwick. |
| • Virginia Historical Counties |
| • Virginia Marriage Records 1740 to 1850, Tina's Family Genealogy Page |
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West Virginia and Regional History Collection , West Virginia
University |
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West Virginia Archives and History - History Of Knapp's Creek Community
(consisting of "The Hills", Frost, Knapp's Creek, and Minnehaha
neighborhoods) Written by Enid Harper in 1924. |
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West Virginia Archives and History - History 0f Minnehaha Springs
Community (consisting of Douthard's Creek, Cochran's Creek,
and about five miles of the Knapp's Creek Valley) |
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Map
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Timeline of County Formations
Boundaries of West Virginia, The West Virginia Review October, 1935
- WV Division Of Culture And History :::::::::: Pocahontas County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on December 21, 1821 from parts of Bath, Pendleton, and Randolph counties. |
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•1738 - Augusta County, Virginia formed from Orange County |
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•1769 - Botetourt County, Virginia formed from Augusta and Rockbridge counties. Rockbridge County gave only small portions at later dates (1821-1888) |
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•1778 - Greenbrier County, West Virginia formed from Botetourt, Montgomery, Monroe, and Fayette counties |
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•1778 - Rockbridge County, Virginia formed from Augusta and Botetourt counties |
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•1786 - Randolph County, West Virginia formed from Harrison County, Virginia |
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•1787 - Pendleton County, West Virginia formed from Augusta, Hardy, Rockingham, and Bath counties |
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•1790 - Bath County, Virginia formed from Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties |