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Roughly bounded by the Kanawha River, Bradford, Quarrier, and Greenbriar Sts., Charleston, West Virginia Coordinates 38°20′16″N 81°36′53″W / 38.33778°N 81.61472°W / 38.33778; -81
Roughly bounded by Edgewood Dr., Highland, Beech, Chester, and Lower Chester, Charleston, West Virginia Coordinates 38°22′3″N 81°38′42″W / 38.36750°N 81.64500°W / 38.36750; -81
Media related to Downtown Charleston Historic District at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-218, "Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; The Scottish Rite of Charleston, West Virginia
Kanawha County (/ k ə ˈ n ɔː ə / kə-NAW-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 180,745, [ 1 ] making it West Virginia's most populous county. [ 2 ]
It is the largest metropolitan area entirely within the state of West Virginia. The Huntington Metro Area adds to the Charleston–Huntington, WV-OH-KY CSA and spans three states (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio), while the core county of the Charleston area, Kanawha County, is more populous than the West Virginia portion of the Huntington area.
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. [9] It is at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers. The population was 48,864 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. [2] [3] It was founded in 1890 and is considered a major museum in the state by The Statesman's Yearbook. [4] [5]