Pocahontas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hardeman and McNairy counties, Tennessee, United States. It is eighty-three miles southeast of Memphis. Pocahontas is a postal city with ZIP code 38061.

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Demographics

History

The community originated in 1828 as a settlement known as Ray's Bluff, located at the confluence of the

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and Tuscumbia Rivers. After a stagecoach line began service in the region, the settlers moved their village to a site on the stage route, on Matamora Hill. A large hotel and several homes were built in Matamora before 1845. In 1848, the community moved to its present site, to locate along the new Memphis and Charleston Railroad line, which crossed the area about north of Matamora Hill. Pocahontas was the site of the Civil War

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External links

Pocahontas, Tennessee: The Princess of History and Memories
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Hardeman County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Hardeman County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee