Hansford is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Kanawha County,

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, United States. Hansford is located along the

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and

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, adjacent to

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. Hansford has a

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with ZIP code 25103.

History

The Hansford post office was originally named Paintcreek. Paintcreek was the original name of the community now called Hansford. The present name most likely came from a local family named Hansford.

References

Unincorporated communities in Kanawha County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Populated places on the Kanawha River Coal towns in West Virginia {{KanawhaCountyWV-geo-stub