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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Auto, West Virginia

Auto is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Auto is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Falling Spring.

A post office called Auto has been in operation since 1911. The community is said to have been named for horse and buggies (previously called "automobiles") in the area.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Auto, West Virginia
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 10.