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Kenna, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°40′35″N 81°39′36″W / 38.67639°N 81.66000°W / 38.67639; -81.66000
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Kenna, West Virginia
Kenna is located in West Virginia
Kenna
Kenna
Kenna is located in the United States
Kenna
Kenna
Coordinates: 38°40′35″N 81°39′36″W / 38.67639°N 81.66000°W / 38.67639; -81.66000
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyJackson
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
25248

Kenna is an unincorporated community in southern Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 34 just west of its interchange with Interstate 77, south of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County.[1] Its elevation is 787 feet (240 m).[2] Although Kenna is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 25248.[3]

The community was named in honor of John E. Kenna, a United States Senator from West Virginia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kenna, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 346.