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After leading his expedition down the New and Kanawha Rivers, John Peter Salling reached the Ohio River
Mason County was created on January 2, 1804, from part of Kanawha County. There is uncertainty over the naming of the county. It is commonly thought that Mason County was named for Virginia statesman George Mason, an American founding father and p...
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