Red Jacket

Red Jacket is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 525 at the 2020 census. The community was named for Red Jacket, a Seneca chief.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 525 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Mingo County, West Virginia
  • Also known as: “Red Jacket, West Virginia” and “Red Jacket, WV”
  • Postal code: 25692

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matewan Historic District and Matewan High School.

Heritage site
Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of . Matewan was the scene of the Battle of Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a coal miners' strike, an event which led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection ever associated with the labor movement in the United States, and was depicted in the film Matewan. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Red Jacket.

School
Magnolia was a public high school located in , . The school has been in a succession of four different buildings since 1914. is situated 2 miles west of Red Jacket.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylorville and North Matewan.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. Its post office is closed. The Burl Stafford Bridge, a bridge that crosses the Pigeon Creek, a tributary of the , is located in , West Virginia.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on West Virginia Route 65, 1 mile east-northeast of . has a with ZIP code 25688. is situated 1½ miles south of Red Jacket.

Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located approximately 6 mi southeast of . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Red Jacket.

Red Jacket

Latitude
37.64844° or 37° 38′ 54″ north
Longitude
-82.14013° or 82° 8′ 25″ west
Population
525
Elevation
794 feet (242 metres)
Open location code
869VJVX5+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154390393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4819494
Wiki­data ID
Q2101186
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Red Jacket” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريد جاكيت”
  • Cebuano: “Red Jacket”
  • Chechen: “Ред-Джекет”
  • Chinese: “Red Jacket”
  • Dutch: “Red Jacket”
  • French: “Red Jacket”
  • German: “Red Jacket”
  • Gilaki: “رد جکت (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “رد جکت”
  • Irish: “Red Jacket”
  • Italian: “Red Jacket”
  • Ladin: “Red Jacket”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Red Jacket”
  • Persian: “رد جکیت”
  • Polish: “Red Jacket”
  • Portuguese: “Red Jacket”
  • Serbian: “Ред Џакит”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Red Jacket, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Red Jacket”
  • Spanish: “Red Jacket”
  • Tatar: “Ред-Джекет”
  • Ukrainian: “Ред-Джекет”
  • Urdu: “ریڈ جیکٹ، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Volapük: “Red Jacket”

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