Chilhowie /tʃɪlˈhaʊi/ is a town in Smyth County, Virginia, United States, on the Middle Fork of the Holston River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), all of it land.

In 1748 the area was visited by Colonel James Patton and Dr. Thomas Walker.

[7] An early settler was Samuel Stalnaker (1715-1769) who converted Patton's fort into a tavern known as the Town House,[8][9] and lived there until the late 1760s.

[10] The town sustained severe damage from an EF-2 tornado during the 2011 Super Outbreak.

The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.