Pocahontas Historic District, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pocahontas Historic District is a historic district including the town of Pocahontas, Virginia in the Pocahontas coalfield. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is near Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, a U. S. National Historic Landmark which was Mine No. 1 of the Pocahontas coalfield. A topographical map indentifying the district borders is here, at Virginia DHR. Pocahontas is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia, named for the Algonquian Indian woman Pocahontas. The population was 441 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107, 578. Pocahontas was the location of the start of this region's coal boom with a spur line that launched the Norfolk and Western Railroad (now Norfolk Southern) into national prominence during the 1880s. The large two-state coal region bears the town's name. Pocahontas was also the birthplace of jazz pianist Teddy Weatherford.