Cannelton is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Ben Burdette, who was working on Col. Aaron Stockton lumber enterprise on the mountain, discovered cannel coal.

Col. Aaron Stockton started mining cannel coal and shipping it on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

He sold off all of his holdings to Tompkins after the first trust was established that regulated salt prices and production levels.

It is located right on the Midland Trail which had recently opened when Stockton applied for his tavern license in 1839.

The Inn was also used as a Union Army Quartermaster depot during the Civil War with two future presidents camping on the property.

[citation needed] However, in 2004, Massey Energy acquired the property and resumed production.