Paint Creek is a 42.1-mile (67.8 km)[3] tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia.

At Maynor, the creek continues north along the West Virginia Turnpike.

Past Mossy and East Kingston, the creek briefly turns away from the highway before following it through Westerly, Milburn, Coalfield, Mahan, and Collinsdale.

[6] The creek then enters Kanawha County, where it heads north through Burnwell, Greencastle, and Whittaker.

[7] The creek flows north through Hollygrove before reaching its mouth at the Kanawha River in Hansford.