Engle, West Virginia

Engle
Unincorporated community
Engle Show map of West Virginia Engle Show map of the US Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°20′39″N 77°46′52″W / 39.34417°N 77.78111°W / 39.34417; -77.78111Coordinates: 39°20′39″N 77°46′52″W / 39.34417°N 77.78111°W / 39.34417; -77.78111
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Jefferson
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1554402^[1]

Engle is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, originally known by the names of Millers Mill, Striders Crossing, Keller, and Engles Switch before its post office's name changed to Engle in 1910.

The community was named after Frank Engle, the proprietor of a lime kiln.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Engle, West Virginia
↑ 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. 230.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Charles Town

Cities	Charles Town Ranson

Towns	Bolivar Harpers Ferry Shepherdstown

CDPs	Middleway Shannondale Shenandoah Junction

Unincorporated communities	Aldridge Bakerton Bardane Blair Bloomery Blue Ridge Acres Browns Corner Clips Mill Duffields Egypt Engle Franklintown Halltown Jamestown Johnsontown Kabletown Kearneysville Keyes Ferry Acres Leetown Mannings Mechanicstown Mechlenberg Heights Meyerstown Millville Moler Crossroads Mountain Mission Reedson Rippon Riverside Silver Grove Skeetersville Summit Point Uvilla Wheatland Zoar

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