Kanawha may refer to:

Places

Kanawha River The Kanawha River ( ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its watershed has been a significant industrial region of th ...

in West Virginia, joining the Ohio River at Point Pleasant **

Kanawha Falls Kanawha Falls is a waterfall on the Kanawha River in the U.S. state of West Virginia that has been a barrier to fish movement for more than 1 million years. The waterfall is formed by a diagonal sandstone ledge across the river about downstrea ...

, a waterfall on the Kanawha River **

Kanawha Falls, West Virginia Kanawha Falls is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Kanawha Falls is located on the east bank of the Kanawha River, southwest of Gauley Bridge and downstream from the waterfall of the same name. Kana ...

, an unincorporated community in Fayette County near the waterfall **

Kanawha River Valley AVA Kanawha River Valley is an American Viticultural Area, American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in the watershed of the Kanawha River in West Virginia, between the city of Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston and adjacent to the Ohio border. ...

, West Virginia wine region *

Little Kanawha River The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long,Gilchrist-Stalnaker, Joy Gregoire. 2006. "Little Kanawha River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Vir ...

in West Virginia, joining the Ohio River at Parkersburg **

Kanawha, West Virginia Kanawha 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) ...

, an unincorporated community in Wood County near Parkersburg *

Kanawha County, West Virginia Kanawha County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 180,745, making it West Virginia's most populous county. The county seat is Charleston, which is also the state capital and most ...

Kanawha County textbook controversy The Kanawha County Textbook War, also known as 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 the history of Kanawha County, West Virginia, th ...

, a violent school control struggle beginning in 1974 *

State of Kanawha Kanawha was a proposed name for the 39 counties which later became the main body of the U.S. state of West Virginia, formed on October 24, 1861. It consisted of most of the far northwestern counties of Virginia, which voted to secede from the sta ...

, an early name for the state of West Virginia * Kanawha Canal, part of the

James River and Kanawha Canal The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast. Ultimately its towpath became the roadbed for ...

, a partially built canal in Richmond, VA *

Kanawha (Luray, Virginia) Kanawha, also known as Tuckahoe, is a historic home located at Luray, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1921, and is a -story, Classical Revival style brick and tile-block dwelling on a poured-concrete foundation. It has a hipped roof cov ...

, a historic house *

Kanawha, Iowa Kanawha is a city in Hancock County, Iowa, United States. The population was 658 at the time of the 2020 census. History Kanawha was platted in 1899. The newly constructed railroad had arrived from Belmond, Iowa. Businesses and some buildings ...

, city

Railroad

* Kanawha, a type

2-8-4 Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, thoug ...

railroad steam locomotive

Ships

* ''Kanawha'' (1899), a steam yacht owned by Henry H. Rogers * USS ''Kanawha'' or USNS ''Kanawha'' has been the name of seven ships of the United States Navy * USS ''Kanawha II'' (SP-130), a yacht which served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 and was renamed USS ''Piqua'' (SP-130) in 1918. * The

United States Coast Guard Cutter United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. They are or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard. They carry the ship prefix USCGC. Histo ...

''Kanawha'', a buoy tender in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Other uses

* Kanawha, a solar deity in

Seneca mythology Seneca mythology refers to the mythology of the Onödowáʼga: (Seneca people), one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) from the northeastern United States and Canada. Most Seneca stories were transmitted orally, and ...

* Kanawha Valley people, an ancient indigenous people who lived in what is now West Virginia * "Kanawha", a song by rock band Seam from the album ''

The Pace Is Glacial ''The Pace Is Glacial'' is the fourth and final studio album by American indie rock band Seam. It was released in 1998 on Touch and Go Records. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote that Seam "distills its no-frills guitar rock into ...

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