[2] In 1916, the Pocahontas Fuel Company constructed 120 dwellings near the mouth of Barkers Creek.

[5][6] A single room school house was built in addition to the massive stone company store.

During his campaign, John F. Kennedy entered one of the three Itmann mines while visiting then-booming neighboring city, Mullens.

[citation needed] There was a large methane explosion on December 16, 1972 in the Itmann Mine #3.

[10] Itmann has a post office,[11] a church, the Council on Aging, and a welding shop.