Pocahontas Cemetery
N 37° 18.593 W 081° 20.092
17S E 470325 N 4129301
A Virginia Historical Marker placed by the Department of Historic Resources in 2012.
Waymark Code: WMTBPW
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2016
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Marker text:
Pocahontas Cemetery was created after the 13 Mar. 1884 explosion in the Pocahontas East Mine that claimed the lives of at least 114 miners. Not until a month later were bodies recovered from the mine and buried together in what became the town’s first cemetery. Later interments, often grouped by ethnic and religious heritage, reflect the rich diversity of the Pocahontas community. Some gravestones bear inscriptions in Hungarian, Italian, Polish, and Russian, while others display the symbols of the Russian Orthodox faith. The broad array of European-inspired funerary art at the Pocahontas Cemetery is one of the best in the state.
Department of Historic Resources, 2012
Marker Number: XP-7
Marker Title: Pocahontas Cemetery
Marker Location: Along State Route 102 at Pocahontas Cemetery.
County or Independent City: Pocahontas
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources
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