Copen, West Virginia

Copen
Unincorporated community
Copen Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°50′15″N 80°43′46″W / 38.83750°N 80.72944°W / 38.83750; -80.72944Coordinates: 38°50′15″N 80°43′46″W / 38.83750°N 80.72944°W / 38.83750; -80.72944
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1549639^[1]

Copen is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, central West Virginia, United States. Located at the confluence of Copen Creek and Bull Fork Creek. Its most famous resident was Melvin Wine (1909–2003), an acclaimed old-time fiddler.

Neighboring towns: Flower; 1.5 miles west, Arnette; SE, Burnsville; east, Bower; north

The community has the name of John Copen, a pioneer settler.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Copen, West Virginia
↑ 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. 184.

Municipalities and communities of Braxton County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Sutton

Towns	Burnsville Flatwoods Gassaway Sutton

Unincorporated communities	Arnett Bison Bonnie Canfield Caress Centralia Chapel Clem Copen Corley Cutlips Dingy Duck Dutch Elmira Exchange Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Hyers Joppa Letch Little Birch Little Otter Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Two Lick Run Waggy‡ Wilsie

Ghost town	Bower

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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