Wolf Pen, West Virginia

Wolf Pen
Unincorporated community
Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen

Location within the state of West Virginia

Coordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W / 37.53778; -81.59167Coordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°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]

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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