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°W / 37.53778; -81.59167Coordinates: 37°32′16″N 81°35′30″W / 37.53778°N 81.59167°W / 37.53778; -81.59167
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.

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Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States County seat: Pineville City Mullens Towns Oceana Pineville CDPs Brenton Bud Corinne Covel Glen Fork Itmann Kopperston Matheny New Richmond Unincorporated communities Allen Junction Alpoca Baileysville Beechwood Black‡ Black Eagle Campus Clear Fork Coal Mountain Crany Cub City Cyclone Devils Fork‡ Edith Fanny Fanrock Garwood Glen Rogers Glover Hanover Herndon Ikes Fork Iroquois Jesse Key Rock Lacoma Lamar‡ Lillydale Lillyhaven Long Branch Lynco Maben Marianna McGraws Milam Montecarlo Mullensville North Spring Nuriva Otsego Pierpont Ravencliff Rock View Sabine Saulsville Simon Steeles Stephenson Sun Hill Toney Fork Tralee Uno Windom Wolf Pen Wyco Wyoming Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties