Boone County/Kanawha County

Formed, 1847, from Cabell, Kanawha, and Logan. Named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, who made his home in the Great Kanawha Valley, 1788-1795. In 1791, he was a member of the Virginia Assembly from Kanawha.

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Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery. Named for the Kanawha River, bearing name of Indian tribe. Salt making brought early settlers into the valley and from it grew vast modern chemical plants.