Kenova
Kenova is a city in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy rivers. The city's name is a portmanteau of Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia, owing to its location where the three states met before the creation of West Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 3,490 residents
- Description: city in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Kenova, West Virginia”, “Kenova, WV”, “Morganza”, and “Virginia Point”
- Postal code: 25530
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mitch Stadium and Tri-State Airport.
Mitch Stadium
Pitch
Mitch Stadium is a baseball field located on the boundary line between the Town of Ceredo and the City of Kenova in West Virginia. It is home to the Ceredo-Kenova Little League and numerous annual community events.
Tri-State Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Tri-State Airport is a public airport in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, three miles south of Huntington, West Virginia, near Ceredo and Kenova. Tri-State Airport is situated 2½ miles southeast of Kenova.
Big Dipper
Roller coaster
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Big Dipper is a wooden roller coaster located at Camden Park in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Manufactured by National Amusement Devices, the ride opened in 1958 and is both the largest and oldest roller coaster in West Virginia. Big Dipper is situated 2½ miles east of Kenova.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakview Heights and Ceredo.
Oakview Heights
Neighborhood
Oakview Heights is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States.
Ceredo
Village
Photo: Youngamerican, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ceredo is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. The population was 1,408 at the 2020 census. Ceredo is a part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Catlettsburg
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 3.0 us.
Catlettsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,780 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.
Kenova
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Wayne, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.39934° or 38° 23′ 58″ northLongitude
-82.57617° or 82° 34′ 34″ westPopulation
3,490Elevation
558 feet (170 metres)United Nations Location Code
US KVAOpen location code
86CV9CXF+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9967597746OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kenova” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كينوفا”
- Basque: “Kenova”
- Bulgarian: “Кенова”
- Catalan: “Kenova”
- Cebuano: “Kenova”
- Chechen: “Кенова (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
- Chechen: “Кенова”
- Chinese: “Kenova”
- Chinese: “基諾瓦”
- Czech: “Kenova”
- Danish: “Kenova”
- Dutch: “Kenova”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كينوفا”
- French: “Kenova”
- German: “Kenova”
- Gilaki: “کنووا (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “کنووا”
- Hebrew: “קנובה”
- Irish: “Kenova”
- Italian: “Kenova”
- Ladin: “Kenova”
- Malagasy: “Kenova, West Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Kenova”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kenova”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kenova”
- Norwegian: “Kenova”
- Persian: “کنووا، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “کنووا”
- Polish: “Kenova”
- Portuguese: “Kenova”
- Serbian: “Кенова”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kenova, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kenova”
- Silesian: “Kenova”
- Slovak: “Kenova”
- South Azerbaijani: “کنووا، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Kenova (Virginia Occidental)”
- Spanish: “Kenova”
- Tatar: “Кенова”
- Ukrainian: “Кенова”
- Volapük: “Kenova”
- Welsh: “Kenova, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Kenova”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grandview Gardens and North Kenova.
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Highlights include United States Post Office and C-K Community Center.
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