Mead is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Mead is located on County Route 33 and Stonecoal Creek, east-northeast of Rhodell. Mead had a post office, which closed on June 10, 1989. It was also known as Vanwood.
The community was named after C. H. Mead, the proprietor of a local mine.