Teays Valley is a census-designated place in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 14,350 at the 2020 census. Located about 20 miles west of Charleston and 30 miles east of Huntington, it is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The community is divided by the two magisterial districts of Teays and Scott. It was named for Thomas Teays, a hunter and trapper who once spent a considerable amount of time in the vicinity.