In 1861, Green Bank was subject to two Civil War campaigns lead by Gen Robert E Lee, the Cheat Mountain campaign and the battle of Droop Mountain. The county experienced tremendous growth in the early 1900s during the logging industry boom that created the Cass Railroad. Demographics and Weather Green Bank's population is complemented by the total Pocahontas County population of 9,200. Bald Knob, in Pocahontas County, is the second highest elevation in the state. The Green Bank area enjoys typical inland Allegheny weather with 70.9 average temperature in July and a 30.8 average in January, as well as 45 inches average annual rainfall and 76 inches average snowfall.
Residents are subject to a state income tax and personal property taxes.
The one high school in the county is located approximately 20 minutes south of the NRAO site. NRAO is the Business Partner with the local high school, one of five schools in the state to receive the prestigious Gold Star Education award in 1999. Among the state institutions of higher learning are West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, Marshall University in Huntington, and WV University Institute of Technology. The closest colleges are Bluefield State, Lewisburg Campus, about 60 miles south, and Davis and Elkins College, about 50 miles to the north. Health care in Green Bank is provided by a number of local physicians.