Wolf Pen, West Virginia

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Wolf Pen
Unincorporated community
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Wolf Pen
Location within the state of West Virginia
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Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°32′16″N81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W / 37.53778; -81.59167
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Wyoming
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
24896
GNIS feature ID1741519 [1]

Wolf Pen is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Indian Creek. [2]

The community took its name from the wolf pen, a device used to trap wolves. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolf Pen, West Virginia
  2. ↑ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN   0-89933-246-3.
  3. ↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 688.


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