t's a small town, less than 1000 people, really just two streets that extend for about a mile along the Kanahwah, with one grocery store, one gas station, three restaurants (China Wok, Wendy's, Sam's Hot Dogs), five churches (the usual suspects), three factories.
It's 99% white, elderly (average age 42), mostly impoverished, staunchly conservative. 395 households, of which 5 are occupied by lesbian couples. That's a sizeable community for a small town. No gay couples, though.
Sounds awful. Why would you be interested in knowing about such a non-place place?
Because of a series of stamps by artist Ben Mahmoud celebrating the quirky history of Poca and other cities in the Poca Valley. I don't think most of them are real.
Abner Singleday, who invented baseball with a circular diamond.
Emil Castro, who commemorated "Fish Day" by wearing a real fish as a hat.
Roy Estep, who lost 800 pounds on his "Three P Diet": eliminate possum, pork, and potatoes.
The Hatfield-McCoy Feud, which actually began in Poca, although it ended in Eastern Kentucky.
Contortionist Yaeger Pretzel.
Obviously such a small school can't afford much in the way of clubs, but it does have SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and RAZE (devoted to razing tobacco lies). No GSA, not even for the children of the lesbian couples.
