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Welcome to Kanawha City ...Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County<1>. The location of Kanawha City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Kanawha City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Kanawha City is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Kanawha City lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Kanawha City: (304) and (681)<4> Communities near Kanawha City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kanawha City.
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 Kanawha City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kanawha City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kanawha City. 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 Kanawha City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kanawha City. See our Newspapers Page for Kanawha City. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kanawha City ...Looking for more information about Kanawha City? 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 Kanawha City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kanawha City. Adding Kanawha City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kanawha City 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 for Kanawha City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Kanawha City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Kanawha City. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kanawha City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/ The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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