Wolf Pen, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W / 37.53778; -81.5916724896
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
- ^ 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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Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Pineville
- Mullens
- Oceana
- Pineville
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
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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