Een-West is a statistical entity, and has its own postal code. however it is considered part of Een and outside the build-up area. The area used to be close to uninhabited, but had a strategic value. In 1593, the stadtholder William Louis of Nassau built a sconce at Zwartendijksterschans [nl] on road between Friesland and Drenthe through the moorland. Later the sconce deteriorated and the area became part of Drenthe. The sconce was restored in 1980. In 1928, a little church was built in Een-west.
