Pocahontas County
- Population
- 7,784
- Area
- 940.24 sq mi (2,435.21 km²), 1.58 sq mi water
- Median age
- 49.5
- Households
- 3,181
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $42,119
- Median house value
- $152,400
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Cities & Towns in Pocahontas County
Local News
Preserving Pocahontas
Group of students with their teacher at an unknown school near Browns Mountain in Huntersville, West Virginia. The photograph was taken around 1905 by Nancy Annise Moore McLaughlin, wife of Wallace Hugh McLaughlin. This digital image is from the original glass negative. Please…
Incredible 35th Anniversary RoadKill Cook-off and Autumn Harvest Festival
Tim Walker AMR Reporter It was a beautiful and sunny weekend that greeted visitors to the 35th Annual Roadkill Cookoff and Autumn Harvest Festival in Marlinton this past weekend. According to Malinda Meck of the Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce, which organizes of the event,…
Learn the skills of a frontiersman
Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer When settlers first came to Pocahontas County, life was hard. What they saw in front of them were steep mountains surrounding valleys with potential; valleys that they could turn into towns and communities. One of those towns was a little trading post…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Okay, I can’t put the data center discussion away. If nothing else, giving Joel Rosenthal something comical to read is worthwhile, isn’t it? I’m aware we are in the throes of a movement to slow the development of AI and data centers because someone has advanced the…
New bridge dedicated in memory of Richard Thompson
Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer The newly replaced bridge on Cheat Mountain is the perfect landmark to be named for Richard Lee “Rich” Thompson. It connects Randolph and Pocahontas counties; the two places Thompson held in such high regard during his life. Thompson was born, raised…