Big Chimney, West Virginia

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Big Chimney is a small unincorporated community located on U.S. Route 119 in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is accessible by West Virginia Route 114 or exit 5 from I-79. The center of town includes a fast-food restaurant, a drug store, hardware store and grocery store, along with a few smaller businesses. The town is named after the tall chimney of the local salt works, which was a prominent landmark.[1]

[edit] References

  • Coleman West Virginia Atlas and Gazetter
  1. ^ History of Charleston and Kanawha County West Virginia and Representative Citizens, W.S. Laidley, Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1911


Coordinates: 38°24′20″N 81°32′08″W / 38.40556, -81.53556