Eccles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

Eccles has a post office with ZIP code 25836.

[3] The community was originally named after the book of Ecclesiastes from the bible, where the mining company of its namesake was formed around the turn of the century.

The name was later shortened by the local post office to Eccles to allow for easier postage and mail flow due to a common inability to correctly spell the name.

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