Matoaka, West Virginia (WV), a community in Mercer County, was incorporated in 1912 and named for Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan. One of her secret tribal names was"Matoaka."Matoaka is situated on Widemouth Creek, a tributary of the Bluestone River.

The N&W railroad built a depot on its Widemouth Branch in 1905 at Matoaka.  The railroad and coal operators gave native American names to many of the towns and coal camps in southern the West Virginia.  To name a few of those communities, there was Hiawatha, Algonquin, Weyanoke, Powhatan, Mohegan and Matoaka.  Matoaka was the native American name for the Indian maiden, Pocahontas, who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan.  In 1907, a second railroad, the Virginian Railway Company was built through Matoaka.  As numerous coal mining operations began to spring up on the N&W and Virginian Widemouth Creek rail lines, Matoaka soon grew to become a business and commercial commerce center in the northwestern section of Mercer County, West Virginia.  The population had grown to 647 by 1920 and reached its peak in 1950 at 1,003.  The 2020 census showed the Matoaka population to be 173.