THE MINGO COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Appalachian Plateau setting.
Mingo County has 423.1 square miles of land in West Virginia. The mapped landscape region in Mingo County is Dissected Appalachian Plateau.
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Regional context: Central Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Mingo County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Mingo County, including Gilbert Creek, Red Jacket, Williamson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Mingo County by land and water
The Census records 0.83 square miles of water within Mingo County, or 0.2% of its total area. That share is close to Mingo County’s 0.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mingo County has 212.9 times the land area of nearby Delbarton town (1.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Lincoln County, Logan County, McDowell County, Wayne County, Wyoming County within West Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

