Pocahontas, MO

Pocahontas is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 97 residents. Pocahontas is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The early inhabitants of the area were the Mississippian Mound Builders, who were part of the Mississippian culture. Pocahontas's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Missouri setting. The local scoop is how Pocahontas's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Mound Builders went into decline in the 12th and 13th centuries, resulting in a depopulation of the area. Pocahontas is located in north-central Cape Girardeau County, approximately thirteen miles north-northeast of Cape Girardeau and seven miles due west of Neelys Landing on the Mississippi River. U.S. Route 61 passes one mile west of the community.