THE KANAWHA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Permian Hills setting.
Kanawha CDP has 0.88 square miles of land in Wood County. Its Census reference point is in Permian Hills, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kanawha and Wood County
Kanawha is associated with Wood County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kanawha by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Kanawha, or 3.4% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Wood County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kanawha CDP has 57% of the land area of nearby Mineralwells CDP (1.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

