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Pocahontas is a city in Randolph County, Arkansas, along the Black River. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 6,765. The city is the county seat of Randolph County.

Pocahontas has a number of historic buildings, including:

Old Randolph County Courthouse (1871), still defining the center of town
St. Mary's AME Church and Pocahontas Colored School (1918), now home to the Eddie Mae Herron Center
Pocahontas is the home of Black River Technical College.

In How Few Remain,a alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove,the town is mentioned as the only Confederate town taken by the US.

With a recorded history that predates territorial days, the Pocahontas (pop. 6,518) region is well represented in publications that list Arkansas "firsts." While most of the county's early events are centered around its historic port towns, there are several other places of interest to travelers. Old Davidsonville State Park, a few miles down the Black River from today's Pocahontas, received Arkansas's first U.S. post office in 1817 and the territory's first federal land office in 1820. While Davidsonville was making its mark on history, another village was taking shape upstream. Bettis Bluff was named for its first settler, Dr. Ransom S. Bettis, and when Randolph County was created in 1835, the little port town was named the new county seat. It also received a new name: Pocahontas.

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