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Wolf Pen, West Virginia

Wolf Pen
Unincorporated community
Wolf Pen is located in West Virginia
Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen
Location within the state of West Virginia
Wolf Pen is located in the United States
Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen
Wolf Pen (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W / 37.53778; -81.59167
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWyoming
Time zoneUTC-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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