Namesakes
Numerous places and landmarks were named after Pocahontas:
- Pocahontas was the namesake for one of the richest seams of bituminous coal found in Virginia and West Virginia, and the Pocahontas Land Company, a subsidiary of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
- From 1930 into the 1960s, one of the Norfolk and Western Railway's named luxury trains was the "Pocahontas".
- The town of Pocahontas, Virginia.
- Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
- Matoaca, Virginia is located in Chesterfield County on the Appomattox River. County historians say this is the site of the Native American village Matoax, where she was raised.
- Matoaka, West Virginia.
- Pocahontas, Iowa is in Pocahontas County.
- Pocahontas, Arkansas.
- Pocahontas, Illinois.
- Fort Pocahontas, an American Civil War fortification in Charles City County, Virginia.
- Lake Matoaka, part of the campus of the College of William and Mary.
- Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield, Virginia.
- MV Pocahontas is a river tour boat operated from Gravesend in London, UK.
- Four United States Navy ships named USS Pocahontas and one named USS Princess Matoika.
- Pocahontas, Mississippi.
- In Henrico County, Virginia, a middle school has been named after Pocahontas and John Rolfe.
- Matoaca High School, located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Their teams are called The Warriors.
- Pocahontas, Alberta.
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