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Poca is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area . [ 5 ]
Poca High School first opened its doors in September 1922 [3] using a small white schoolhouse located on a hillside between Bancroft and Black Betsy, West Virginia. The school then moved to a much larger building overlooking Poca's Main Street in 1926. In 1970, the school relocated to its current building on the outskirts of town.
The Pocatalico River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, approximately 75 miles (121 km) long, [1] in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River .
Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,440. [1] Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated city is Hurricane, and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley. [2]
Pocahontas County was added to the new state of West Virginia without the input of the citizens. The new state government in Wheeling reorganized the county militia as a Unionist force. After the war most of the voters in the county were disfranchised due to their support of Richmond and the Confederacy, and full voting rights were not restored ...
The people listed below were born in or otherwise closely associated with the town of Poca, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Poca, West Virginia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
Amherst-Plymouth Wildlife Management Area [2] [1] is a 7,061-acre (2,857 ha) protected area located in Putnam County, West Virginia.The site is along the banks of the Kanawha River and is popular for hunting Canada geese in the fall. [3]