Poca West Virginia Map

About Poca, West Virginia

Poca is a locality in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 874. The population density is 608.0 people per km². Poca is located at 38.4723°N, 81.8143°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Poca is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25159.

Poca occupies a low-lying expanse of bottomland where the Kanawha River turns with a slow, deliberate gravity against the dark, alluvial soil. It lies 6.4 miles east-northeast of Teays Valley, WV (from Teays Valley, WV: bearing 76°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of South Charleston. The horizon remains dominated by the steady, rhythmic rise of hills that signal the approach to the Appalachian Mountains, their silhouettes softening into a hazy violet under the weight of late afternoon light. Only a mile away, the Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area offers a quiet sanctuary of tangled brush and marshy ground, serving as a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged density that persists just beyond the reach of suburban expansion. In the quiet hours before dawn, a fine mist often clings to the riverbanks, blurring the boundary between the water’s edge and the thickets of the surrounding bottomland.

Poca bears the quiet, lingering imprint of a regional history rooted in the hard industry of the river and the labor of the surrounding hollows, including the nearby Coal Hollow. While the local economy has evolved from its early reliance on the extraction and transport that defined the broader Kanawha Valley, the town maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing independence. Residents often traverse the local landscape with a familiarity born of generations, moving between the modest commerce of the center and the more secluded reaches of the woodland. The legacy of the region remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the way the community holds its own against the steady encroachment of the modern world, preferring the slow, seasonal pulse of the river to the frantic tempo of the distant, bustling centers.

About This Poca Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Poca, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.472314, -81.814298. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Poca includes the ZIP code (25159), telephone area code (304), county seat of Putnam County (Winfield), and school district assignment (Putnam County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.