Demographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2010, there were 1,789 people, 852 households, and 493 families residing in the city. Pocahontas lies at the northwestern margin (rim) of Manson crater, an impact structure buried by glacial till and outwash. Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.02 square miles (5.23 km 2 ), all land. Pocahontas's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 42.734476, -94.673017. The largest was an EF4 and touched down west of town. No one was injured and there were no fatalities. Aptornadoĭuring the tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2011, several tornadoes hit Pocahontas County and the surrounding area. Pocahontas was incorporated as a city on May 16, 1892. Other geographical names in the county related to the colony at Jamestown are Rolfe, Powhatan Township and Varina. The city was named after Pocahontas, a Powhatan woman from Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was first settled and surveyed in 1870 by Warrick and Buelah Price of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 1,867 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 1,970 population in 2000. Pocahontas is a city in and the county seat of Pocahontas County, Iowa, United States.

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