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    Kanawha County (/kəˈnɔːə/ kə-NAW-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 180,745, making it West...
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    northwestern Fayette County, approximately 35 mi (56 km) SE of Charleston, by the confluence of the New and Gauley rivers 2 mi upstream from Kanawha Falls. The...
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  • The Kanawha County textbook controversy was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States. It led to the largest protests ever in...
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  • Kanawha County Schools is the operating school district within Kanawha County, West Virginia. It is governed by the Kanawha County Board of Education....
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  • waterfall on the Kanawha River Kanawha Falls, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fayette County near the waterfall Kanawha River Valley AVA...
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    Creation of a new county is prohibited if it would bring another county below these thresholds. Three counties (Greenbrier, Kanawha, and Randolph) have...
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    Kanawha County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is located across from the Charleston City Hall, and is a block-long...
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    Charleston, West Virginia (category Cities in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864...
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    airport 3 miles (4.8 km) east of downtown Charleston, in unincorporated Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Central West Virginia...
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    Ohio. The Virginia General Assembly officially created Mason County from Kanawha County on January 2, 1804. It was named for George Mason IV (1725–1792)...
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    Rand, West Virginia (category Census-designated places in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Rand is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was...
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    Jason Williams (basketball, born 1975) (category Sportspeople from Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Jason Chandler Williams (born November 18, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball...
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    The Kanawha valley was home to many southern sympathizers and secessionists and the Union wanted to take and hold the areas in Kanawha County around...
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    2020 census, the county population was 122,076, making it the second-most populous of West Virginia's 55 counties, behind Kanawha County. The City of Martinsburg...
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  • (Hampshire County) HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital - Huntington (Cabell and Wayne counties) Highland Hospital - Charleston (Kanawha County) Highland-Clarksburg...
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  • Hatfield–McCoy Trails (category Tourist attractions in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    and horse riders. HMT is located in West Virginia's south west counties of Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wayne, and Wyoming....
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    Sissonville, West Virginia (category Census-designated places in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Sissonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Pocatalico River. The population was 4,028 at...
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  • Dupont City, West Virginia (category Unincorporated communities in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Dupont City is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System:...
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    Jerry West (category Sportspeople from Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Jerome Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is an American basketball executive and former player. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the...
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  • Catholic High School Calhoun County Middle-High School, Mount Zion Calhoun Gilmer Center Clay County High School, Clay Doddridge County High School, West Union...
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    Elkview, West Virginia (category Census-designated places in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Elkview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,222 at the 2010 census. It is named after...
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    Randy Moss (category Sportspeople from Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    refused to allow her to seek medical attention. The affidavit out of Broward County reveals Moss cannot come within 500 feet of the victim and cannot use or...
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  • Riverside High School (West Virginia) (category Schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Riverside High School is the largest high school in Kanawha County, and is located in Belle, West Virginia, United States. The school opened in 1999 as...
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    Battle of Point Pleasant, also known as the Battle of Kanawha and the Battle of Great Kanawha, was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought...
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  • Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia (category Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio), while the core county of the Charleston area, Kanawha County, is more populous than the West Virginia portion of...
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    Belle, West Virginia (category Towns in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    Belle is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,171 at the 2020 census. Belle was...
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    South Charleston, West Virginia (category Cities in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    South Charleston is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is located to the west of the state capital of Charleston. The population...
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    St. Albans, West Virginia (category Cities in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    St. Albans is a city in western Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal rivers. The population was 10,861...
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  • DuPont High School (West Virginia) (category Schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia)
    DuPont High School was a public high school in Dupont City, West Virginia, about 5 miles from Charleston. Built in 1961 and opened in 1962 it remained...
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    Nicholas County, Raleigh County, Kanawha County, Wayne County, Summers County, and Wyoming County. The City of Charleston, in Kanawha County, is the largest...
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