Mingo County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 30, 1895
- Named after
- Mingo people
- Seat
- Williamson
- Largest city
- Williamson
- Total
- 424 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 423 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,455
- Density
- 55.7/sq mi (21.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .mingocountywv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mingo County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,568. Its county seat and largest city is Williamson. Created in 1895, Mingo is West Virginia's newest county, named for the historic Iroquoian Mingo people.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mingo County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.