Red Jacket West Virginia Map

About Red Jacket, West Virginia

Red Jacket is a locality in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 482. The population density is 39.5 people per km². Red Jacket is located at 37.6484°N, 82.1401°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25692.

Red Jacket exhales a breath of coal dust and damp earth, a scent clinging to the steep, forested slopes that hem it in. It lies 55.8 miles south-south-east of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 163°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-south-east of Williamson. The Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, a muddy artery, slides past the edge of Red Jacket, its banks a tangle of wild honeysuckle and tenacious scrub. On either side, hills rise in a series of emerald waves, their peaks often shrouded in a soft, blue haze that softens the sharp edges of the terrain. The sky here feels vast, a canvas for the swift passage of clouds, and when the sun dips low, it bleeds a fiery orange and bruised purple across the western ridge, painting the modest houses and weathered storefronts in a fleeting, dramatic light. The very bones of Red Jacket are forged from the coal that lies deep beneath these hills, a history etched into the landscape and the lives of its people. For generations, the rhythm of this place pulsed to the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars, a demanding economy that shaped every aspect of its existence. Though the seams have thinned and the most fervent days of extraction have passed, the legacy of that industry lingers, a quiet strength in the enduring spirit of Red Jacket. Old photographs, faded but proud, might still hang in the windows of the few businesses that remain, testaments to a time when the town bustled with miners and their families, a community bound by the shared labor and the rugged beauty of their mountain home.

About This Red Jacket Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Jacket, West Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.648438, -82.140132. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Red Jacket and Mingo County.

Detailed location data for Red Jacket includes the ZIP code (25692), telephone area code (304), county seat of Mingo County (Williamson), and school district assignment (Mingo County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Red Jacket is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.