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 525. The population density is 38.5 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 holds the quiet weight of the earth within its narrow, shadowed frame, defined by the persistent flow of Mate Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant slopes. It lies 52.8 miles west of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 261°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-southeast of Williamson. The land here is defined by deep, V-shaped folds and steep inclines, where the light of late afternoon struggles to reach the valley floor, casting long, bruised shadows against the timber. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the landscape rises into a rugged, unbroken canopy of hardwood, a terrain that demands a certain tenacity from anyone who walks its inclines. Only three miles away, the Big South Wildlife Management Area offers a vast, untamed expanse of forest, while the nearby reach of Shop Hollow serves as a reminder of the tectonic patience required to exist in such a confined, vertical geography.

Red Jacket bears the indelible marks of a coal-centered history, an industry that once dictated the movement of every hand and the pulse of every shift. While the modern economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction of the past, the architecture of the place—weather-worn siding and sturdy, functional dwellings—remains a stubborn echo of those labor-intensive days. The rhythm of existence here is measured not by the clock, but by the seasonal turning of the foliage and the occasional, distant rumble of heavy transport on the roads. For those seeking the solitude of water, Laurel Lake sits fourteen miles away, providing a rare, still counterpoint to the restless movement of the local creeks. Life in Red Jacket continues with a steady, unadorned resilience, shaped by a landscape that has long required its inhabitants to lean into the steepness of the terrain rather than fight against it.

About This Red Jacket Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Jacket, West Virginia. Coordinates: 37.648438, -82.140132. 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 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).

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.