Charleston (West Virginia) - Places

38°21N 81°38W, pop (2000e) 53 400. Capital of state in Kanawha Co, W West Virginia, USA, at the confluence of Elk and Kanawha Rivers; developed around Fort Lee in the 1780s; city status, 1870; capital of West Virginia, 1870–5 and from 1885; largest city in the state; airfield; railway; an important transportation and trading centre; chemicals, glass, primary metals; various other products based on the salt, coal, natural gas, clay, sand, timber, and oil found in the region; Sternwheel Regatta (Aug).

Charleston may refer to:

Charleston (dance) USS Charleston, the name of several ships of the United States Navy Charleston, novel by Alexandra Ripley Charleston (Texas Navy), a ship built for the Texas Navy

Places

In New Zealand:

Charleston, New Zealand

In Scotland:

Charleston, Dundee, an area of Dundee Charleston, Angus, near Dundee Charleston, Renfrewshire, near Paisley

In the United Kingdom:

Charleston, Sussex, the name of a house in Sussex, United Kingdom, where the Bloomsbury painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell lived and worked

In the United States:

Charleston, South Carolina A major Southern city and port Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital of West Virginia

In the United States it may also refer to:

Charleston, Arkansas Charleston, Illinois Charleston, Kentucky Charleston, Mississippi Charleston, Missouri Charleston, New York, located in central New York state Charleston, Staten Island, a neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City South Charleston, Ohio Charleston, Oregon Charleston County, South Carolina North Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, Tennessee

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