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Marlinton is a town in and the county seat of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. [6] The population was 998 at the 2020 census . Located along the Greenbrier River , it is known for its scenery.
Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population; ... Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted. 2023 Rank ... Marlinton † Town 969 998 −2.91% ...
Pocahontas County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,869. [2] Its county seat is Marlinton. [3] The county was established in 1821. It is named after the daughter of the Powhatan chief of the Native Americans in the United States who came from Jamestown, Virginia.
This year, international migration accounted for 84% of the population growth between 2023 and 2024, with 2.8 million people moving to the U.S. both legally and illegally.
West Virginians have a life expectancy of four years less than the national average. However, two (out of 55) West Virginia counties have life expectancies exceeding the national average. A few West Virginia counties also exceed the U.S. national average for income, population growth rate, education, and have a lower rate of poverty.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated five combined statistical areas, 10 metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in West Virginia. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charleston-Huntington-Ashland, WV-OH-KY CSA , which includes West Virginia's capital and largest city, Charleston .
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