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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.
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.
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1894, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick, Victorian Romanesque building with a stone raised basement level. It has irregular massing with a central block that has a steep hip roof. The front ...
North end of WV 63 overlap: Lewisburg: US 60 – Hico, White Sulphur Springs: I-64 – Lexington VA, Beckley: Interchange; I-64 exit 169: Pocahontas: Mill Point: WV 39 / WV 55 west – Fenwick: South end of WV 39/WV 55 overlaps: Marlinton: WV 39 east – Minnehaha Springs: North end of WV 39 overlap: Edray: WV 150 south – Raintown: Northern ...
Slatyfork is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Slatyfork is located along U.S. Route 219, 13.5 miles (21.7 km) north of Marlinton. A variant name was Laurel Bank. [3] A large cave known as Sharps Cave is located in Slatyfork. [4]
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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]
Linwood is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Linwood is located at the junction of U.S. Route 219 and state routes 55 and 66, 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Marlinton. The community most likely was named for linden trees near the original town site. [2]