Pocatalico River

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The Pocatalico River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

The Pocatalico rises in Roane County near the community of Looneyville and flows generally southwestwardly through southern Roane, northern Kanawha and southeastern Putnam Counties, past the community of Sissonville. It meets the Kanawha River at the town of Poca.

[edit] Variant names and spellings

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Pocatalico River" as the stream's name in 1907. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:

Paca River Poca River Poca Talico River Pocatalco River Pocatalica River Pocataligo River Pocatellico River

Pocatoligo Creek Pocotalico River Pocotaligo River Poctalico Creek Pokatalico Creek Poketalico Creek Pokotellico Creek

[edit] See also

• List of West Virginia rivers

[edit] References

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
• DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
• GNIS entry