Wolf Pen, West Virginia

Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen
	Unincorporated community
	Wolf Pen Location within the state of West Virginia Wolf Pen Wolf Pen (the US)
	Coordinates: 37°32′16″N81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W Coordinates: 37°32′16″N81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Wyoming
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24896
GNIS feature ID	1741519 [1]

Last updated May 05, 2019

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

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Wyoming County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,796. Its county seat is Pineville. The county was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Delaware Indian word meaning "large plains".

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States that is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

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

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolf Pen, West Virginia
↑ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
↑ 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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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolf Pen, West Virginia

[DeLorme-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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Pineville
City	Mullens	Map of West Virginia highlighting Wyoming County
Towns	Oceana Pineville
CDPs	Brenton Bud Corinne Covel Glen Fork Itmann Kopperston Matheny New Richmond
Unincorporated communities	Allen Junction Alpoca Baileysville Beechwood Black‡ Black Eagle Campus Clear Fork Coal Mountain Crany Cub City Cyclone Devils Fork‡ Edith Fanny Fanrock Garwood Glen Rogers Glover Hanover Herndon Ikes Fork Iroquois Jesse Key Rock Lacoma Lamar‡ Lillydale Lillyhaven Long Branch Lynco Maben Marianna McGraws Milam Montecarlo Mullensville North Spring Nuriva Otsego Pierpont Ravencliff Rock View Sabine Saulsville Simon Steeles Stephenson Sun Hill Toney Fork Tralee Uno Windom Wolf Pen Wyco Wyoming
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Wolf Pen
Unincorporated community
Wolf Pen Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Wolf Pen Wolf Pen (the US) Show map of the US
Coordinates: 37°32′16″N81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W / 37.53778; -81.59167 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	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24896
GNIS feature ID	1741519^[1]