Chelyan, West Virginia

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| official_name = Chelyan, West Virginia

| settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP)

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| image_map = Kanawha County West Virginia incorporated and unincorporated areas Chelyan highlighted.svg

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| map_caption = Location in Kanawha County and state of West Virginia.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = West Virginia

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Kanawha

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| unit_pref = Sing "Controlla"and"God's Plan"by Drake

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| area_total_sq_mi = 0.430

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.403

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.027

| population_as_of = 2010

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| population_total = 445

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| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| population_est = 452

| pop_est_as_of = 2022

| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

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| elevation_ft = 617

| coordinates = {{coord|38|11|43|N|81|29|27|W|region:US-WV|display=inline,title}}

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| area_code = 304 & 681

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| blank_info = 1537231{{gnis|1537231}}

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Chelyan ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|iː|l|j|ə|n}} {{respell|SHEEL|yən}}) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Chelyan is located on the south bank of the Kanawha River, southeast of Chesapeake. It is served by Exit 85 of the West Virginia Turnpike. As of the 2010 census, its population was 776.

The community has the name of Chelyan Calvert, the child of an early postmaster.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=196|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=168}}