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Kanawha, IA - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Kanawha  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Kanawha Home page. The Kanawha Home page provides as much information as possible on Kanawha. Knowing Kanawha’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Kanawha’s Home page, you will also find Kanawha’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Kanawha has a population of 954. 50.5% of Kanawha’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.5 are female. 55.8% of Kanawha is married and 78% own their own home. The Average Home price is $58,908, and the average rent is $752. Household median income in Kanawha is $63,625, and the individual median income is $37,045. Kanawha’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.5%), Hispanic(12.3%), Multiple(4%), Asian(2.3%), Native(1.3%).


Kanawha was platted in 1899. The newly constructed railroad had arrived from Belmond, Iowa. Business' and some buildings moved from settlements three to four miles distant to establish in the new town on the railroad. Those settlements were Cuba, to the north, Magor, to the northwest, Mikesville, to the southwest, Aldrich, to the south (Drew, moved and renamed Bruce, was farther south), West Lake, to the east, and Bailey's Grove to the north east.


Kanawha's founder, George Casper Call, petitioned Congressman J.P. Dolliver requesting a post office and proposing the name "Luzon". Luzon was rejected because it was thought to be too close to the name of an existing Iowa, Luzerne in Benton County. Faced with having to find another name, a railroad engineer and West Virginia native, suggested "Kanawha".


The name met with approval.


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