Teays Valley ( ) is a

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(CDP) in Putnam County,

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, 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 part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000. This CDP place was named after trapper/hunter Thomas Teays, who spend a considerable amount of time staying here.

Geography

Teays Valley is located at (38.447204, -81.937324). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 7.3 square miles (18.8 km²), of which 7.2 square miles (18.6 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km²) (1.34%) is water. The valley referred to by "Teays Valley" is a portion of the remains of the pre-glacial

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 ...

. Today, the valley's water is shed through a number of creeks which empty into the Kanawha and

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rivers.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 12,704 people, 4,789 households, and 3,749 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 1,730.0 people per square mile (668.3/km²). There were 5,062 housing units at an average density of 689.3/sq mi (266.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.39%

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, 0.94% Black or African American, 0.11% Native American, 1.59%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.25% from

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, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.77% of the population. There were 4,789 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% were

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living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.00. The age distribution was 27.2% under 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males. The median income for a household in Teays Valley was $53,053, and the median income for a family was $62,711. Males had a median income of $52,083 versus $27,036 for females. The

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for the CDP was $24,236. About 6.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the

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, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Fire Department

The Teays Valley area is primarily protected by th
Teays Valley Fire Department
The department was founded in 1964 by the Scott/Teays Lions Club as an all volunteer department. In March 2013 the TVFD became a combination fire department consisting of 24/7 coverage by a paid staff supplemented by a group of dedicated volunteers. File:Teays Valley Fire Department - Truck 7.jpg, Truck 7 Image:Engine 71 of the Teays Valley Fire Department (Scott Depot, WV - July 2007).jpg, Engine 71 (Retired)

Education

The

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operates public schools. The area's public school students are split between Hurricane High School in Hurricane, and Winfield High in Winfield. A private K-12 school, Teays Valley Christian School, is also located in the community. The West Virginia International School (ウエストバージニア国際学校 ''Uesuto Bājinia Kokusai Gakkō''), a Japanese weekend school, holds its classes at Scott Teays Elementary School in Scott Depot. The school office is in Building 6 of the

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facility in Charleston.国際学校の概要
" West Virginia International School. Retrieved on April 1, 2015. "所在地 Scott Teays Elementary（借用校） 4308 Teays Valley Road Scott Depot, WV 25560" and "事務所 WV Department of Education Building 6, Room 318 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East Charleston, WV 25305-0330 　"

Notable person

* Jack Whittaker, winner of the largest undivided lottery prize in history and the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history, lived in Teays Valley at the time of his win.

Gallery

Image:TeaysWVRRDepot.jpg, "Scott" Depot. The former train depot in the Teays area of Teays Valley.

References

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