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Welcome to Kanauga ...

Kanauga is located in Gallia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kanauga, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Kanauga is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kanauga lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Kanauga: 740 & 220<3>

Websites for Kanauga ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Kanauga, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Kanauga ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kanauga.

  • Gallipolis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Middleport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pomeroy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • New Haven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Putnam County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <4>
  • Mason
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mason is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Syracuse
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rio Grande
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Racine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartford City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kanauga. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kanauga.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kanauga. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kanauga.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kanauga. See our Newspapers Page for Kanauga.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kanauga ...

Looking for more information about Kanauga? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Kanauga, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kanauga.

Adding Kanauga to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kanauga in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kanauga was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kanauga post office opened in 1896. The Kanauga post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kanauga.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Gallia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kanauga - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Kanauga area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Kanauga area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/