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Auto is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Auto is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Falling Spring.

Auto, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Auto
Auto
Coordinates: 37°57′55″N 80°19′09″W
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyGreenbrier
Elevation
2,372 ft (723 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1550127[1]

A post office called Auto has been in operation since 1911.[2] The community is said to have been named for horse and buggies (previously called "automobiles") in the area.[3]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Auto, West Virginia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 10.


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