Powhatan, West Virginia

Powhatan
Unincorporated community
Powhatan Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°24′4″N 81°25′11″W / 37.40111°N 81.41972°W / 37.40111; -81.41972Coordinates: 37°24′4″N 81°25′11″W / 37.40111°N 81.41972°W / 37.40111; -81.41972
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24877
GNIS feature ID	1555402[1]

Powhatan is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia located approximately one mile from Northfork, West Virginia. It is home to Huckleberry Trails Inn, a popular food and lodging facility for ATV enthusiasts who travel the surrounding trails. Powhatan has one place of worship, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Powhatan was named after the famous Powhatan tribe of Native Americans of which Pocahontas belonged.

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Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States County seat: Welch Cities Gary Keystone War Welch Towns Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork CDPs Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian Unincorporated communities Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon Ghost town Hix Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties