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 (32 km) west of Charleston and 30 miles (48 km) east of Huntington, it is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area.

Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 57,440. Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated city is Hurricane, and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley. Putnam County is part of the Huntington–Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, across the Kanawha River from Charleston, West Virginia.