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Line 1: {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement \|name = Eglon Line 4 ⟶ 5: \|settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area\|Unincorporated community]] \|nickname = \|motto = <!-- Images --> Line 11 ⟶ 12: \|image_caption = \|image_flag = \|image_seal = <!-- Maps --> \|pushpin_map = West Virginia#USA \|pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> \|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of West Virginia \|~~pushpin_mapsize~~push pin_mapsize = \|image_map = \|map_caption = Location within Preston county \|image_map1 = \|mapsize1 = \|map_caption1 = <!-- Location --> \|subdivision_type = [[List of ~~countries~~sovereign states\|Country]] \|subdivision_name = [[United States]] \|subdivision_type1 = [[~~Political~~U.S. ~~divisions of the United States~~state\|State]] \|subdivision_name1 = [[West Virginia]] \|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in West Virginia\|County]] Line 39 ⟶ 40: \|leader_name1 = \|established_title = \|established_date = <!-- Area --> Line 47 ⟶ 48: \|area_total_km2 = \|area_land_km2 = \|area_water_km2 = <!-- Population --> Line 60 ⟶ 61: \|timezone_DST = EDT \|utc_offset_DST = -4 \|elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> \|elevation_ft = ~~<!-- -->~~2628 \|coordinates = {{coord\|39\|18\|5\|N\|79\|31\|9\|W\|region:US_type:city\|display=inline,title}} ~~\|coordinates_display = inline,title~~ ~~\|coordinates_type = region:US_type:city~~ ~~\|latd = 39\|latm = 18 \|lats = 5\|latNS = N~~ ~~\|longd = 79\|longm = 31\|longs = 9\|longEW = W~~ <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> Line 74 ⟶ 72: \|blank_info = \|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System\|GNIS]] feature ID \|blank1_info = 1551023<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS\|1551023}}</ref> \|website = \|footnotes = }} '''Eglon''' (also '''Hungry Hook''' or '''Maple Run''') is an [[~~unincorporated~~Unincorporated area\|unincorporated community]] in [[Preston County, West Virginia\|Preston County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. Its elevation is 2,628 feet (801 m).<ref~~>{{~~ name=gnis~~\|1551023}}, [[Geographic Names Information System]], 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-02-26.<~~/~~ref~~> ~~Although it is unincorporated, it~~It 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== {{reflist}} {{Preston County, West Virginia}} {{PrestonWV-geo-stub}}▼ {{authority control}} [[Category:Populated places in Preston County, West Virginia]]▼ ▲[[Category:~~Populated~~Unincorporated ~~places~~communities in Preston County, West Virginia]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia]] ▲{{~~PrestonWV~~PrestonCountyWV-geo-stub}}