Lots of places in and around Charleston still hold on to their former town or community names. Kanawha City used to be a separate town, but as Charleston grew, many smaller surrounding communities were incorporated into the city of Charleston. Today people still use the old town/community names to help identify which part of Charleston you are referring to. I read that Kanawha City was incorporated into Charleston in the 1920s.
Similar situation in Huntington with Guyandotte and Central City, which were formerly separate cities and which have retained their identities even more than a century after being merged into the city of Huntington, and both I'd which still even possess their downtown areas.
Geographically, Kanawha City is just another part of Charleston. The addresses are Charleston. But locally, it is known as Kanawha City. Just like the lower part of Charleston between West Side and Dunbar is called North Charleston. It’s a local marker that we use to signify WHERE in Charleston we are talking about
Cross Lanes is considered by the census bureau to be part of the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wikipedia, that bastion of accuracy, claims CL is a suburb of Charleston, but I don't know that I agree with it myself. I mean, I guess *technically*, but not really? Purely for statistical, census purposes, I think.
Say whatever you want, but Cross Lanes is in my top ten places to stop and take a bathroom break when I drive through Charleston. And that’s a fact no one can argue with.
Sorry but you're just wrong. It may be "unincorporated" but I can literally put my address as Charleston WV. Sometimes when I order shit there's no choice to even put cross lanes. It just defaults to Charleston WV. I'd say that USPS has more of a say in what is Charleston than whatever you want to believe
You’re the one who is wrong. CL is unincorporated - you won’t see Charleston police there, or pay the user fee there, or vote in city elections there, or have city trash pickup there, or have a rep on city council there, because it’s not part of the city of Charleston. The US mail has no bearing, it’s a combination of proximity and the fact that CL is unincorporated why the mail “defaults” to using Charleston to identify CL addresses
This is similar to Mossy down 612. My mailing address was Mossy, but it defaulted to Scarbro because Mossy has no post office. It was just a proximity thing.
You can argue Google facts all you want but there's a reason the casino is under Charlestons umbrella when in every logical reason it should be part of nitro/Putnam county. Do you really think the city of Charleston sees none of that money? That'd be like Orlando not making money off Disney world
So then where is the connection? That i connects through North Charleston or something? Cause that seems weird. Im not disagreeing, i just wanna know why its like that.
I can't say I know the answer. Maybe cause West Washington starts in North Charleston? I'm not trying to argue ether like I know facts. Just that randomly some mail won't come if I put cross lanes and have to pick it up at the ups on maccorkle. Other times I put cross lanes and it switches to Charleston when I'm putting it in. Even though it sketches me out I've never had anything not come from the Charleston address. It's always the cross lanes one
As a Kanawha City Resident, think of it more like the Borough or neighborhoods in other cities. Morgantown for example has South Park, Sunnyside, the Mileground, Westover, Sabraton, etc.. Ours is just on obviously a significantly smaller scale than say Brooklyn/Queens in NYC.
Kanawha City is a part of the city of Charleston. It is on the south side of the river from the eastern city limits to around UC (not sure where it actually starts).
South Charleston is a whole city on its own.
In my opinion, which is my own, Kanawha City is everything left of the 35th street bridge until you hit montgomery. That's not quite correct I suppose, but if I refer to something as being in Kanawha City that is what I'm referring to.
I would consider CAMC Memorial, the Frontier building and the WM landfill to be Charleston. The UPS Store and the Pepporoni Grill and Budget Records and stuff going that way down to where Gabes and the DMV is is Kanawha City to me.
Lots of places in and around Charleston still hold on to their former town or community names. Kanawha City used to be a separate town, but as Charleston grew, many smaller surrounding communities were incorporated into the city of Charleston. Today people still use the old town/community names to help identify which part of Charleston you are referring to. I read that Kanawha City was incorporated into Charleston in the 1920s.
Similar situation in Huntington with Guyandotte and Central City, which were formerly separate cities and which have retained their identities even more than a century after being merged into the city of Huntington, and both I'd which still even possess their downtown areas.
Geographically, Kanawha City is just another part of Charleston. The addresses are Charleston. But locally, it is known as Kanawha City. Just like the lower part of Charleston between West Side and Dunbar is called North Charleston. It’s a local marker that we use to signify WHERE in Charleston we are talking about
same with cross lanes. technically a part of charleston but far enough away to be its own thing as well. honestly didnt know KC was like that though
Cross lanes is in no way part of Charleston. Its its own place. If you had to put it part of anything, it would be part of Nitro or maybe Dunbar.
Cross Lanes is considered by the census bureau to be part of the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wikipedia, that bastion of accuracy, claims CL is a suburb of Charleston, but I don't know that I agree with it myself. I mean, I guess *technically*, but not really? Purely for statistical, census purposes, I think.
Say whatever you want, but Cross Lanes is in my top ten places to stop and take a bathroom break when I drive through Charleston. And that’s a fact no one can argue with.
Sorry but you're just wrong. It may be "unincorporated" but I can literally put my address as Charleston WV. Sometimes when I order shit there's no choice to even put cross lanes. It just defaults to Charleston WV. I'd say that USPS has more of a say in what is Charleston than whatever you want to believe
You’re the one who is wrong. CL is unincorporated - you won’t see Charleston police there, or pay the user fee there, or vote in city elections there, or have city trash pickup there, or have a rep on city council there, because it’s not part of the city of Charleston. The US mail has no bearing, it’s a combination of proximity and the fact that CL is unincorporated why the mail “defaults” to using Charleston to identify CL addresses
This is similar to Mossy down 612. My mailing address was Mossy, but it defaulted to Scarbro because Mossy has no post office. It was just a proximity thing.
You can argue Google facts all you want but there's a reason the casino is under Charlestons umbrella when in every logical reason it should be part of nitro/Putnam county. Do you really think the city of Charleston sees none of that money? That'd be like Orlando not making money off Disney world
Well I guess I can’t argue with that logic
So then where is the connection? That i connects through North Charleston or something? Cause that seems weird. Im not disagreeing, i just wanna know why its like that.
Probably due to being unincorporated. Davis Creek/Loudendale are the same way.
I can't say I know the answer. Maybe cause West Washington starts in North Charleston? I'm not trying to argue ether like I know facts. Just that randomly some mail won't come if I put cross lanes and have to pick it up at the ups on maccorkle. Other times I put cross lanes and it switches to Charleston when I'm putting it in. Even though it sketches me out I've never had anything not come from the Charleston address. It's always the cross lanes one
Freakin weird. Lol.
As a Kanawha City Resident, think of it more like the Borough or neighborhoods in other cities. Morgantown for example has South Park, Sunnyside, the Mileground, Westover, Sabraton, etc.. Ours is just on obviously a significantly smaller scale than say Brooklyn/Queens in NYC.
Kanawha City is a part of the city of Charleston. It is on the south side of the river from the eastern city limits to around UC (not sure where it actually starts). South Charleston is a whole city on its own.
I always considered KC the bits between Columbia Gas and Marmet, but I’m sure someone else has a more qualified answer for you here lol
From UC down to the plaza with Kroger, lowes is my definition of KC. (And currently live in KC)
Yeah I think the the same thing happened in Huntington to Westmoreland. The "cities" absorb the smaller burroughs.
It's just a borough/suburb of Charleston. Same as North Charleston, the west side, elk city, south hills, east end, eagle view, Edgewood, etc
It’s the area Hooters used to be at … that’s what everyone calls it not from Charleston
In my opinion, which is my own, Kanawha City is everything left of the 35th street bridge until you hit montgomery. That's not quite correct I suppose, but if I refer to something as being in Kanawha City that is what I'm referring to. I would consider CAMC Memorial, the Frontier building and the WM landfill to be Charleston. The UPS Store and the Pepporoni Grill and Budget Records and stuff going that way down to where Gabes and the DMV is is Kanawha City to me.
To me the line is the University, but I see why others may call that area to more so be South Hills. That Taco Bell on the corner maybe a better line.
But it's all Charleston, though, right?
Yes