Kanawha Falls, West Virginia
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|official_name = Kanawha Falls, West Virginia
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = West Virginia
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Fayette
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_ft = 659
|coordinates = {{coord|38|08|33|N|81|12|23|W|region:US-WV|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 25115{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|access-date=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}
|area_code = 304 & 681
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|blank_info = 1554842{{gnis|1554842}}
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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, {{convert|2|mi|km}} southwest of Gauley Bridge and {{convert|0.6|mi|km}} downstream from the waterfall of the same name. Kanawha Falls had a post office, which opened on March 26, 1856, and closed on November 2, 2002.{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=September 26, 2011|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}
Gallery
Image:Kanawha Falls WV 2022.jpg|Kanawha Falls in 2022
Image:Kanawha Falls Post Office.jpg|Kanawha Falls Post Office in 2015
Image:Kanawha Falls Pano-27527.jpg|Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River at Glen Ferris, WV
References
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{{Fayette County, West Virginia}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, West Virginia
Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Category:Populated places on the Kanawha River
Category:West Virginia placenames of Native American origin
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