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|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in West Virginia|County]]
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'''Evansville''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Preston County, West Virginia|Preston County]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. Evansville lies on the [[Northwestern Turnpike]] ([[U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia|U.S. Route 50]]) along Little Sandy Creek.
 
Sources differ whether the community was named after Edward, Henry or Hugh Evans, all of whom were first settlers.<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=262;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=234}}</ref>
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Preston County, West Virginia]]