History of St. Albans, West Virginia
St. Albans is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia|Kanawha County, West Virginia at the Confluence (geography)|confluence of the Kanawha River|Kanawha and Coal River (West Virginia)|Coal Rivers. The population was 11,567 at the 2000 census.
St. Albans was laid out in 1816. Originally, it was known as Philippi, after Philip Thompson, an early settler, the name afterwards being changed to Coalsmouth due to its location at the mouth of the Coal River. The city was then incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated as Kanawha City in 1868. Its name was changed to St. Albans in 1871 after it was suggested by a man named Parsons, a member of the town Council, after his hometown of St. Albans, Vermont|St. Albans, Vermont.
Main Street, in downtown St. Albans, has been converted to Olde Main Plaza.
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