London is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County in the U.S. state of West Virginia, located 25 miles from the state capital of Charleston.[1] London Lock and Dam, operated by US Army Corps of Engineers is located here on Kanawha River.
London, West Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
![]() Booker T. Washington Community Center in 2021 | |
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Coordinates: 38°11′40″N 81°22′07″W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Kanawha |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Located in London is the former Booker T. Washington High School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[2] John Wesley Conley (1820–1874), the grandfather of historian Phil Conley, died in London.
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