Pocahontas, Tennessee

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Pocahontas, Tennessee
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Pocahontas
Coordinates: 35°03′09″N88°48′13″W / 35.05250°N 88.80361°W / 35.05250; -88.80361
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Hardeman, McNairy
Area
[1]
  Total2.05 sq mi (5.31 km2)
  Land2.05 sq mi (5.31 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
394 ft (120 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total176
  Density85.77/sq mi (33.12/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38061
Area code 731
GNIS feature ID1297992 [3]

Pocahontas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hardeman and McNairy counties, Tennessee, United States. [3] It is eighty-three miles southeast of Memphis.

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Pocahontas is a postal city with ZIP code 38061. [4] Big Hill Pond State Park is nearby. [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 176
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

History

The community originated in 1828 as a settlement known as Ray's Bluff, located at the confluence of the Hatchie 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 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Matamora Hill. [5]

Pocahontas was the site of the Civil War Battle of Davis Bridge. [5]

Notes

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Pocahontas, Hardeman County, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pocahontas". Hardeman County Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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