Kanauga, OH

Kanauga is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 185 residents. A post office called Kanauga was established in 1896, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in the 1960s. The origin of the name Kanauga is obscure. Kanauga's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Ohio setting. The local scoop is how Kanauga's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Kanauga is located in eastern Gallia County, primarily in the northeast corner of Gallipolis Township, but extending north into the southeast corner of Addison Township. Kanauga is bordered to the south by Gallipolis and to the east by the Ohio River, which forms the Ohio– West Virginia border.