Cedar Grove, WV

Cedar Grove is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 714 residents. Cedar Grove was incorporated in 1902. Its name is derived from the time the town was established, when a large juniper forest, misidentified as cedars by early settlers, was growing at that location. Cedar Grove offers non-handicap fishing access behind Cedar Grove Community School, as well as a park for the youth to play. In 2021, it was announced that the middle school portion of the school building would also be closing, and students would be sent to the nearby town of Belle for secondary school.

The through line in Cedar Grove is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Cedar Grove makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Cedar Grove is home to Elementary School, originally built in 1954 as a high school that has since closed.