MSN: Several people indicted by Kanawha County grand jury in high-profile cases

A Kanawha County grand jury handed down several indictments this week, including nearly a dozen in high-profile cases. Brandon Julian Groom, 33, of Charleston was indicted on charges of malicious ...

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“Kanawha” is derived from an Indigenous people who once lived in the area, sometimes spelled “Canawagh” or “Kanawha.” By the late 17th century, the Iroquois had pushed them out, but the name remained, attached to the river and to Kanawha County, formed in 1789.

Kanawha County, named for the Kanawha River which flows through it, was created . Initially 10 times its present size, the county remains West Virginia's fourth largest, at 908.4 square miles.

Kanawha county was formed in an Act of the Virginia Legislature in 1789, from portions of Greenbrier and Montgomery counties. "Kanawha" comes from an indian name meaning "place of white stone" this was probability because of the salt that was found in the area.