WV-064 Pocahontas County

Marker text: POCAHONTAS COUNTY
Formed from Bath, Pendleton and Randolph in 1821. Named for Pocahontas, Indian princess, friend of the Jamestown settlers. Site of Droop Mountain battle, November 6, 1863. The famous Cranberry Glades are in this county.
West Virginia Department of History, 1981

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Location: US 219 at the Greenbrier and Pocahontas county line, Pocahontas County, West Virginia

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