Friendly is a town in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.

[2] The town was likely named for Friend Cochrane Williamson, an early settler.

Friendly was claimed to have been one of the smallest settlements in the US with a dedicated interurban service, since it only had 217 residents at the time.

[9] The Friendly City Building and Jail has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2), all land.

21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 13.2% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 26.7% of those 65 or over.