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'''Eglon''' (also '''Hungry Hook''' or '''Maple Run''') is an [[unincorporatedUnincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Preston County, West Virginia|Preston County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. Its elevation is 2,628&nbsp;feet (801&nbsp;m).<ref>{{ name=gnis|1551023}}, [[Geographic Names Information System]], 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-02-26.</ref> Although it is unincorporated, itIt has a [[post office]], with the [[ZIP code]] of 26716.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=26716 Zip Code Lookup]</ref>
 
The community was named after the biblical city of [[Eglon, Canaan|Eglon]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=251;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=223}}</ref>
 
==References==
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{{Preston County, West Virginia}}
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[[Category:Morgan County, West Virginia]]
 
[[Category:MorganUnincorporated communities in Preston County, West Virginia]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia]]
 
 
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