Kanawha County
Kanawha County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 180,745, making it West Virginia's most populous county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county of West Virginia with 193,000 residents
- Description: county in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Kanaway County”, “Kanawha”, “Kanawha County, Virginia”, “Kanawha County, West Virginia”, and “Kanawha County, WV”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malden and Tad.
Malden
Village
Malden — originally called Kanawha Salines — is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, within the Charleston metro area. Malden is situated 3 miles southwest of Kanawha County.
Tad
Hamlet
Tad is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Tad is 7.5 miles east of Charleston. Tad has a post office with ZIP code 25201. An early postmaster gave the community the name of his son, Talmadge "Tad" Dunlap.
Port Amherst
Hamlet
Port Amherst is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Port Amherst is located on the Kanawha River southeast of Charleston. Port Amherst is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kanawha County.
Kanawha County
- Category: county of Virginia
- Location: West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Kanawha County” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kanawha County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة كاناوا”
- Armenian: “Քենովա շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Kanawha”
- Basque: “Kanawha konderria”
- Bavarian: “Kanawha County, West Virginia”
- Bavarian: “Kanawha County”
- Belarusian: “акруга Канова”
- Belarusian: “Канова (акруга)”
- Belarusian: “Канова”
- Bishnupriya: “কানাহুৱা কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
- Bishnupriya: “কানাহুৱা কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Канауа”
- Bulgarian: “Каноа”
- Catalan: “comtat de Kanawha”
- Cebuano: “Kanawha County”
- Chechen: “Канова”
- Chinese: “Kanawha Kūn”
- Chinese: “卡诺瓦县”
- Chinese: “卡諾瓦縣”
- Cornish: “Konteth Kanawha, Virjynni West”
- Cornish: “Konteth Kanawha”
- Dutch: “Kanawha County”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعه كاناوا”
- Esperanto: “kantono Kanawha”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Kanawha”
- Estonian: “Kanawha maakond”
- Finnish: “Kanawhan piirikunta”
- French: “Comte de Kanawha”
- French: “comté de Kanawha”
- French: “Comté de Kanawha”
- Georgian: “კანოვის ოლქი”
- German: “Kanawha County”
- Gilaki: “کاناوا شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “کاناوا شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία του Κανόα”
- Hebrew: “מחוז קנאווה”
- Hungarian: “Kanawha megye”
- Irish: “Contae Kanawha”
- Italian: “contea di Kanawha”
- Italian: “Contea di Kanawha”
- Japanese: “カナー郡”
- Korean: “캐너와군”
- Korean: “커노아군”
- Lithuanian: “Kanovos apygarda”
- Low German: “Kanawha County”
- Mazanderani: “کاناوا شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Kanawha Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kanawha Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanawha County”
- Norwegian: “Kanawha County”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canahwasċīr (Westuirginiæ)”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canahwasċīr”
- Ossetian: “Кановæ (зылд)”
- Ossetian: “Кановæ”
- Persian: “شهرستان کاناوا، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “شهرستان کاناوا”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Kanawha”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Kanawha”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Kanawha, Virginia de Vest”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Kanawha”
- Russian: “Канова”
- Sardinian: “contea de Kanawha”
- Serbian: “Kanawha County”
- Serbian: “Округ Кано”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanawha County, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanawha County”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاناوا بؤلگهسی، غرب ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Condado de Kanawha (Virginia Occidental)”
- Spanish: “Condado de Kanawha”
- Swedish: “Kanawha County, West Virginia”
- Swedish: “Kanawha County”
- Tatar: “Канова (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
- Tatar: “Канова”
- Turkish: “Kanawha County, Batı Virginia”
- Turkish: “Kanawha County, W.Va.”
- Turkish: “Kanawha County, WV”
- Turkish: “Kanawha County”
- Turkish: “Kanawha ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
- Turkish: “Kanawha ilçesi, W.Va.”
- Turkish: “Kanawha ilçesi, WV”
- Turkish: “Kanawha ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Кенова”
- Urdu: “کاناوہا کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “کاناوہا کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Kanawha”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kanawha, Tây Virginia”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kanawha, West Virginia”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kanawha”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Kanawha, West Virginia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Kanawha”
- Welsh: “Kanawha County, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Kanawha County”
- Western Panjabi: “کناوہا کاؤنٹی”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coal Fork and Rutledge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cline Cemetery and Green Bottom.
West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, and Morgantown.
Curious Places to Discover
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