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Do you know of Cannelton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cannelton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cannelton.<1>

Our sources for Cannelton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cannelton other than they indicate that Cannelton would be found somewhere in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Communities Also Named Cannelton ...

We found three communities that share the name Cannelton.

There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Cannelton.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cannelton [Fayette County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Perry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cannelton [Perry County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cannelton [Beaver County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cannelton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cannelton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cannelton - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Kanawha County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kanawha County.

Aarrons Fork 
AceLaurel Ridge
AlumvilleLeRoy
AngelLewis
 Lewiston
Ballard StationLock Seven
BethLondon View Heights
Big MountainLurd
Blacksburg 
BlakelyMagazine
BonamiMeadowbrook Hills
BownemontMidwest
BrownstownMink Shoals
Buena VistaMorris Fork
Buff LickMount Tyler
Bunker HillMucklow
Burning Springs 
 Nabob
Cabin Creek JunctionNitro Park
CalvertNoah
Cane ForkNottingham
Cannelton Station 
CapitolOak Ridge
CarbonvaleOwens
Carkin 
Carolina HeightsPaint Creek Junction
Chemical CityPaint Creek
CherokeeParagon
ChiltonPatrick
ClydePaulley
Coal Branch HeightsPeabody
CoalsmouthPeerless
CofocoPiatt
Copenhaver's MillsPine Grove
CornwellPoint Lick Junction
CredePoint Lick
  
DanaQuincy
Dart 
DegoRawn
DerrickRed Warrior Junction
DismalReed
DockReynolds
DrybranchRiverbend
DunnsRiverlawn
Dutch RidgeRolling Hills
 Rome
EightRosecoal
Elk CityRoxalana
Emerald Heights 
EmpireSequoi
EventonShadow Lawn
 Sliger
FairfieldSouth Carbon
FergusonSpring Fork
FinleyStoffel
Forks of Little SandyStonewall
FrySybial
  
GarnetTomsburg
GillespievilleTrace Fork
Glen Elk 
GlenwoodUnion Mines
GordonsUpper Falls Of Coal
GroveUpton Creek
  
Hampton HeightsWacomah
HarmanWaldingfield
HuntWallace Heights
 Warrior
Imperial JunctionWeir
IndianWest Carbon
 West Charleston
JordanWest Dunbar
 Whitaker
KaineyWinter
KnickerbockerWoodland Heights

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.









 

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