| Official Name: | Pocahontas, Tennessee |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Tennessee#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Pocahontas |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hardeman, McNairy |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.31 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.31 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.05 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.05 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 176 |
| Population Density Km2: | 33.12 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 85.77 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 394 |
| Coordinates: | 35.0525°N -88.8036°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 38061 |
| Area Code: | 731 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1297992 |
Pocahontas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hardeman and McNairy counties, Tennessee, United States. It is eighty-three miles southeast of Memphis.
Pocahontas is a postal city with ZIP code 38061.[3] Big Hill Pond State Park is nearby.
The community originated in 1828 as a settlement known as Ray's Bluff, located at the confluence of the Hatchie and Tuscumbia Rivers. After a stagecoach line began service in the region, the settlers moved their village to a site on the stage route, on Matamora Hill. A large hotel and several homes were built in Matamora before 1845. In 1848, the community moved to its present site, to locate along the new Memphis and Charleston Railroad line, which crossed the area about north of Matamora Hill.[4]
Pocahontas was the site of the Civil War Battle of Davis Bridge.[4]