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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Wolf Pen, West Virginia

Wolf Pen is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Indian Creek.

The community took its name from the wolf pen, a device used to trap wolves.

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.