Land for sale in Kanawha County, West Virginia, recently totaled nearly $68 million and nearly 3,000 acres. Kanawha County ranks first out of 55 counties in the Mountain State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Of all farms and rural land for sale in Kanawha County, Charleston had the most land for sale. Government and state-level services are the main economic drivers in Kanawha County. Kanawha County is one of the ten largest counties in West Virginia (910 square miles). It's located in the Southwest West Virginia region of West Virginia.