Colonel William A. Phillips

Maben is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along the Slab Fork and West Virginia Route 54.[1] The community is home to Integrated Resources of Wyoming County as well as the county's only 7 Eleven.

The community was named after John C. Maben, the original owner of the town site.[2]

References

  1. ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 58. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 391.