Big Chimney, West Virginia

Big Chimney, West Virginia

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. [History of Charleston and Kanawha County West Virginia and Representative Citizens, W.S. Laidley, Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1911]

References

*Coleman West Virginia Atlas and Gazetter


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