Teays, written Seays until ''circa'' 1884, is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Putnam County,

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

, United States. The town is centered on the former general store / post office on Teays Lane, which sits across from the site of the Teays railroad depot, which was demolished in the mid-1900s. Teays is a namesake and part of the

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

Teays Valley Teays Valley ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The place is divided into the two districts of Teays Valley and Scott Depot. The population was 13,175 at the 2010 census. Teays Valley is par ...

, which was in turn named for Thomas Teays, a hunter and trapper who once spent a considerable amount of time in the vicinity. Geologist

William G. Tight William G. Tight (1865–1910) was an American geomorphologist who became the third president of the University of New Mexico. Tight was one of the first to decipher the glacial drainage histories of the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia ...

(1865–1910) named the preglacial

Teays River The Teays River (pronounced taze) was a major preglacial river that drained much of the present Ohio River watershed, but took a more northerly downstream course. Traces of the Teays across northern Ohio and Indiana are represented by a network ...

after Teays, which lies in the "riverless" Teays Valley that once was the bottom of the river.

Gallery

Image:TeaysWVRRDepot.jpg, The former Teays, WV general store / post office.

References

Unincorporated communities in Putnam County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia metropolitan area {{PutnamCountyWV-geo-stub