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Tarpon is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.

History

Tarpon contained a post office from 1876 until 1961. Pine tar on a nearby pond gave the community its name.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tarpon, Virginia
2. "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dickenson County, Virginia, United States
County seat: Clintwood
Towns	Clinchco Clintwood Haysi
CDPs	Breaks‡ Dante‡
Unincorporated communities	Aily Bartlick Bee Birchleaf Blowing Rock Bucu Carrie Colley Darwin Duty Flat Top Flemingtown Fremont Georges Fork Isom Leck Longfork McClure Millard Nancy Nealy Ridge Nora Norland Omaha Skeetrock Steinman Stratton Tarpon Tiny Tivis Trammel Viers Wakenva West Dante
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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37°11′09″N 82°21′05″W / 37.18583°N 82.35139°W / 37.18583; -82.35139

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