Fewer leaving Kanawha, Census figures say: Putnam County continues to see population riseBRIAN BOWLING
Kanawha County Lincoln County Putnam County Anson County 14,544 30,527 44,386 30,587 40,790 5,719 28,689 22,918 46,282 28,866 378,111 38,240 443,928 9,584 12,054 68,795 59,612 51,416 52,548 66,558 33,994 25,340 20,210 192,293 38,249 40,909 31,800 41,689 68,616 ...
Movers drain Kanawha County , Outmigration is biggest factor in population declineBRIAN BOWLING
Plan gives county senator to Putnam: ; Faced with declining population, Kanawha loses one seat under new redistricting planJARED HUNT
Mussels bound for the Kanawha: ; Biologists hope rare Kentucky mollusks will bolster Kanawha Rivers populationRick Steelhammer
Population shifts affect library funds: ; Kanawha County system expected to lose $35,000 after Census reportBRIAN BOWLING
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REDISTRICTING: ; Kanawha to lose part of Senate district; Population loss means district will straddle a neighboring countyAlison Knezevich
In 1840 the city was linked to Lynchburg by the James River and Kanawha Canal, and by 1860 it was served by several railroads. Following the secession of Virginia (April 1861) at the outbreak of the American Civil War, the capital of the Confederacy was moved (July 1861) from Montgomery...
streams, as in the Kanawha and Monongahela valleys. The larger cities, with their industrial concentrations, their political importance, and their colleges and universities, dominate the state’s activities. County seats of government in the rural regionsexertconsiderable influence over the areas they ...