Kenova is a city in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy rivers.

[7] Founded in 1859 but not incorporated until 1894, the town's early history and development was centered on the railroad industry.

In 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed on a hillside on approach to the Tri-State Airport, killing all on board.

The original construction included a three-story pavilion that ran the length of the pool.

Presently, the Kenova Parks & Recreation Board oversees the operation and management of the facility.

About the size of a football field, Dreamland sports two cement floats equidistant from each other in the middle of the pool to allow swimmers a place to rest.

The 1891 Victorian Joseph S. Miller House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was once visited by President Grover Cleveland.

In recent years it has become known as The Pumpkin House, because of the more than 3000 hand-carved Jack-o-Lanterns which owner Ric Griffith, the town's previous mayor and current pharmacist, adorn it with each Halloween season.

Pumpkin house owner Ric Griffith is also a longtime owner of the Griffith and Feil Drug Store, an old-time drug store with an authentic early 20th-century soda fountain that he has totally restored.

His father, the longtime Kenova businessman and resident Dick Griffith worked in the pharmacy on a semi-retirement basis for many years until he was in his early 90s.

The school has been awarded multiple national blue ribbons in academic achievement.

The former Ceredo-Kenova High School, locally known as "C-K," boasted a great number of athletic state championships, including 12 in football, two in basketball, one in cheerleading, and in 1995 won their only WV State Class A Region 4 Baseball championship.