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Copen is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, central West Virginia, United States. The community is located at the confluence of Copen and Bull Fork Creeks. Its most famous resident was Melvin Wine (1909–2003), an acclaimed old-time fiddler.

Copen
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°50′15″N 80°43′46″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Braxton
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1549639[1]

Neighboring towns: Flower; 1.5 miles west, Arnette; southeast, Burnsville; east, Bower; north

The community has the name of John Copen, a pioneer settler.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Copen, 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. 184.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Braxton County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Sutton
Towns	Burnsville Flatwoods Gassaway Sutton	Map of West Virginia Strange Creek, West Virginiahighlighting Braxton County
Unincorporated communities	Arnett Bison Bonnie Braxton Canfield Caress Centralia Chapel Clem Copen Corley Cutlips Dingy Duck Dutch Elmira Falls Mill Flower Frametown Gem Gip Glendon Heaters Herold Home Hyers Joppa Laurel Fork Letch Little Birch Little Otter McNutt Napier Newville Orlando‡ Riffle Rollyson Rosedale Servia Strange Creek Tague Tesla Thrash Vernon Waggy‡ Wilsie
Ghost towns	Bower Bulltown Exchange Palmer Sleith
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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