Dunlow is an unincorporated community in southern Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, on Twelvepole Creek.

Originally a small settlement called Twelvepole, it was greatly expanded after entrepreneur Jedediah Hotchkiss chose the village for development along the route of the Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) ine that was being laid out to the Ohio River.

The railroad up the West Fork of Twelvepole Creek through Dunlow was shut down in the early 1930s, supplanted by the newer, straighter Big Sandy Line,[1] and what is left of the town is unincorporated.

A circus train that derailed in the mid-1940s, from which several jungle creatures escaped and were never recovered, is rumored to be the source of these animals.

[3] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.