page_title: Pocahontas County, West Virginia
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Pocahontas County, West Virginia / Economy / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Countryside off Route 28 near Dunmore, WV.
context_page_description: Pocahontas County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,719. Its county seat is Marlinton. The county was established in 1821. It is named after the daughter of the Powhatan chief of the Native Americans in the United States from Jamestown, Virginia. She married an English settler and their mixed-race children became ancestors of many of the First Families of Virginia.
  Pocahontas County is the home to the Green Bank Observatory and is part of the National Radio Quiet Zone.
context_section_description: As of 2008, there were approximately 30,000 out-of-towners who own property in Pocahontas County. The tourism industry has continued to be one of the county's largest economic industries. The main tourist attraction is Snowshoe Mountain, which attracts thousands of visitors every summer and winter.
caption: Countryside off Route 28 near Dunmore, WV
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