Kanauga, Ohio

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Kanauga, Ohio
Census-designated place
Kanauga is located in Ohio
Kanauga
Kanauga
Kanauga is located in the United States
Kanauga
Kanauga
Coordinates: 38°50′28″N 82°08′58″W / 38.84111°N 82.14944°W / 38.84111; -82.14944
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyGallia
TownshipsGallipolis, Addison
Area
 • Total0.32 sq mi (0.83 km2)
 • Land0.29 sq mi (0.75 km2)
 • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation
571 ft (174 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total185
 • Density640.14/sq mi (246.77/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code39-39564
GNIS feature ID2628907

Kanauga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 185.

History

A post office called Kanauga was established in 1896, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in the 1960s. The origin of the name Kanauga is obscure.

Geography

Kanauga is located in eastern Gallia County, primarily in the northeast corner of Gallipolis Township, but extending north into the southeast corner of Addison Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of Gallipolis and to the east by the Ohio River, which forms the Ohio–West Virginia border. Directly across the river is the city of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and the mouth of the Kanawha River.

U.S. Route 35 passes through the southern part of the Kanauga CDP, leading east across the Ohio on the Silver Memorial Bridge. US-35 leads southeast 37 miles (60 km) to its terminus in Teays Valley, West Virginia, and northwest 62 miles (100 km) to Chillicothe. Ohio Route 7 passes through the center of Kanauga, leading northeast 52 miles (84 km) to Parkersburg, West Virginia, and southwest 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Gallipolis. Huntington, West Virginia, is 43 miles (69 km) to the southwest via Route 7.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kanauga CDP has a total area of 0.32 square miles (0.83 km2), of which 0.29 square miles (0.75 km2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2), or 9.76%, is water, consisting of the western side of the Ohio River.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020185—
U.S. Decennial Census

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kanauga, Ohio
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kanauga CDP, Ohio". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 12, 2017.[dead link]
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kanauga Post Office (historical)
  5. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 67.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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