Eaton, West Virginia
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Eaton | |
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  Eaton Location within the state of West Virginia  Eaton Eaton (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°11′46″N 81°18′49″W / 39.19611°N 81.31361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Wood |
| Elevation | 791 ft (241 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS ID | 1554362[1] |
Eaton is a ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It sat along the path of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Passenger service along the line (not picking up at Eaton) stopped completely in the fall of 1981. Eaton's long abandoned train station burned in the mid 1980s. All rail service on the line was discontinued in 1988. The railroad tracks were removed in the 1990s and turned into part of the North Bend Rail Trail.
The town was named for a tunnel builder named Eaton.[2]
