Handley, WV

Handley is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 224 residents. Handley was first established in 1877 and known as Upper Creek until July 29, 1881, when its name was changed to Handley for pioneer settlers who farmed the area. Handley has the distinction of bearing a name like no other town in the United States. The short version is that Handley carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Handley: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The town was incorporated November 1972. Handley is located in the Upper Kanawha Valley on the south side of the Kanawha River.