Kanawha Head
Kanawha Head is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. Kanawha Head is located on West Virginia Route 20, 16.5 miles south-southwest of Buckhannon.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,700 feet (520 metres)
- Description: unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia
- Postal code: 26228
- Also known as“Kanawha Head, West Virginia”“Kanawha Head, WV”“Shinar”
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Kanawha Head
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Latitude
38.77288° or 38° 46′ 22″ north
Longitude
-80.34647° or 80° 20′ 47″ west
Open location code
86CXQMF3+5C
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Kanawha Head” goes by many names.
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