Wolf Pen, West Virginia
| Wolf Pen | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Wolf Pen Location within the state of West Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°WCoordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wyoming |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 24896 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1741519[1] |
Wolf Pen is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Indian Creek.[2] Legend has it that Wolf Pen's name comes from an incident when a man built a pen to capture the wolves which had been taking his sheep. The pen was of log construction similar to the type used for catching bears.
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.
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