Beaver is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

[2] Beaver first acquired its name c. 1860 “from the great numbers of beavers abounding in the creeks during the early days of settlement”, according to A History of Shady Spring District (1979), compiled by the Shady Spring District Woman's Club.

When the community became eligible for a post office in the early 1900s, the residents discovered another West Virginia town already had the name.

The town adopted the name "Oxley", after a Huntington man who ran a clothing store there.

30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.