Community & Culture — Kanawha County, West Virginia

Community Institutions

Churches	159
Libraries	35

Historic Places (National Register)

93 listings.

African Zion Baptist Church
Bank of St. Albans Building
Barnes-Wellford House
Beeches, The
Beni Kedem Shrine Temple
Bird Haven
Bougemont Complex
Breezemont
Briarwood
Canty House
Cedar Grove
Charleston Baptist Temple
Charleston City Hall
Charleston Municipal Auditorium
Charmco Building
Chesapeake and Ohio Depot
Chilton House
Chilton, W. E. II, House
Clendenin Historic District
Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District

Homelessness (HUD Point-in-Time)

Overall Homeless	335
Rate per 10k	18.53
CoC Code	WV-503
CoC Name	Charleston/Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Clay Counties CoC
Year	2,024

Census-Designated Places (19)

Alum Creek CDP
Big Chimney CDP
Chelyan CDP
Coal Fork CDP
Cross Lanes CDP
Dupont City CDP
Elkview CDP
Eskdale CDP
Hansford CDP
Hollygrove CDP
Institute CDP
Jefferson CDP
Malden CDP
Pinch CDP
Rand CDP
Shrewsbury CDP
Sissonville CDP
Tornado CDP
West Dunbar CDP

Data provenance: aggregated from town-level sources, county.json. Rebuilt 2026-04-13T15:43:31.196115+00:00; aggregated 2026-04-13T16:08:26.288477+00:00.