Auto, West Virginia

Auto, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°57′55″N 80°19′09″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Greenbrier
Elevation	2,372 ft (723 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1550127[1]

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

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 January 5, 2017.
3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 10.