Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Founding: 1821
Parent counties: Bath, Pendleton, and Randolph

Namesake: Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan
Seat: Huntersville (1821–1891); Marlinton (1891–)

Land area: 940 square miles

Population (2020): 7,869

Population (historic): 2,542 (1830); 3,598 (1850); 4,069 (1870); 8,570 (1900); 14,555 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1920; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Three towns; six CDPs

National Register listings: 23

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,279 (14.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,008
Average outbuilding value (1930): $550
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,283
Average farm size (1920): 71.8 acres
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Marlinton

Namesake: Jacob Marlin, early Greenbrier Valley resident

Founding: 1886 (platting); 1886 (post office); 1900 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 998

Population (historic): 171 (1900); 1,045 (1910); 1,177 (1920); 1,586 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1886–1940; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 167 (26.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *House (c. 1885). 10142 Frost Road. Eastlake.
2. *Mount Airy / Moffett Farm (1858). 918 George Edgar Road. Greek Revival.
3. *House (c. 1905). 324 North Fork Road. Queen Anne.
4. *Cornelius Stulting House (c. 1875). 8129 Seneca Trail.