Pocahontas, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
• Legal status: Village
• Population: 127 (Change since 1990: +41.1%)
• Founded: ca. 1855 by Sam Green
• Name origin: Pocahontas

Geography

• Located on Route C north of Fruitland
• Latitude: 37°30'04" N   (+37.5012)
• Longitude: 89°38'19" W   (-89.6385)
• Civil township: Shawnee
• Land area: 0.10 square miles (63.5 acres)

As the crow flies, Pocahontas is...

• 3.5 miles S of Shawneetown
• 3.6 miles N of Fruitland
• 3.8 miles NW of Leemon
• 3.9 miles S of New Wells
• 4.3 miles NE of Brookside
• 5.0 miles E of Oak Ridge
• 5.7 miles NW of Pink Root Hollow
• 7.0 miles NW of Oriole
• 7.5 miles SE of Old Appleton
• 14.2 miles NW of Cape Girardeau
• 83.5 miles SE of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named for the famous Indian, Pocahontas. Supposedly, the town founder admired another Indian princess but couldn't properly spell her name, so he decided to name the town Pocahontas instead.

Timeline

1855

Pocahontas founded

1893

Pocahontas incorporated

Demographics