Pocatalico is an
unincorporated community in
Kanawha County
Kanawha County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 180,745, making it West Virginia's most populous county. The county seat is Charlest ...
,
West Virginia, United States. Pocatalico is located along
Interstate 77
Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
south of and near
Sissonville.
History
A post office called Pocatalico was established in 1828, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934. The community took its name from the nearby
Pocatalico River
The Pocatalico River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, approximately long, in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Pocatalico begins in R ...
, which means "river of the fat doe" in a Native American language.
References
Unincorporated communities in Kanawha County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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