Justice West Virginia Map

About Justice, West Virginia

Justice is a locality in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 91.6 people per km². Justice is located at 37.6014°N, 81.8337°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24851.

Justice rises from the damp, shaded floor of a deep basin where the Guyandotte River carves a serpentine path through the terrain. It lies 37.7 miles west-southwest of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 250°T), and is situated 17.5 miles northwest of Welch. The landscape surrounding Justice is defined by the heavy, green density of hardwood forests and the steep, abrupt rises of the land that funnel the mist into Old House Hollow. Within the boundaries of the R.D. Bailey Recreation Area, the air carries a persistent chill, even in the height of summer, as the canopy traps the moisture rising from the dark, cold depths of R. D. Bailey Lake. The light here does not fall so much as it filters through layers of foliage, turning the afternoon gray-gold and softening the jagged edges of the earth into a quiet, enduring stillness.

Economic life in Justice has long been tethered to the rhythmic pulse of the extraction industries and the slow, seasonal shifts of the forest. The proximity to Panther State Forest provides a vast, unyielding backdrop of timber and wild growth, marking the region as a place where the human footprint remains light against the weight of the wilderness. While the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains frames the horizon like a serrated blade, the day-to-day existence of those in Justice remains centered on the river and the reservoir, where the water dictates the pace of the afternoon. It is a place of deliberate isolation, where the sounds of modern life are dampened by the sheer scale of the woods, leaving only the echo of the current against the riverbank.

About This Justice Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Justice, West Virginia. Coordinates: 37.601371, -81.833685. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Justice includes the ZIP code (24851), telephone area code (304), county seat of Mingo County (Williamson), and school district assignment (Mingo County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.