North Matewan, West Virginia
- State:West VirginiaCounty:Mingo CountyCity:North MatewanCounty FIPS:54059Coordinates:37°37′35″N 82°08′53″WElevation:725 ft
- Latitude:37,6296Longitude:-82,1481Timezone:Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC-5:00; Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC-4:00ZIP codes:25688GMAP:
North Matewan, Mingo County, West Virginia, United States
- Population:1,826
North Matewan is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.It is located on West Virginia Route 65, 1 mile (1.6 km) east-northeast of Matewan. North Matewan has a post office with ZIP code 25688. It has a population of about 1,000, according to the United States Census Bureau. The community was founded in the 1800s by the Matewan family, who moved to the area from Ohio. The town was named after a local family of the same name, who also settled in the area in the early 1800s. The current post office has a ZIP code of 25688, and the community has a police station with a station population of less than 100,000. It is located near the junction of West Virginia Highway 65 and West Virginia State Route 65 in the eastern part of the county, about 1 mile east of the town of Matewana. The U.S. Census Bureau has not recorded the community as a populated place as of 2009, but has recorded it as a ghost town in the past in 2010 and 2011. The post office was established in the late 1800s, when Matewan was the town's first post office, and it is located 1 mile from Matewan in the western part of Mingo county. The ZIP code is 25688 and the town has a current population of around 1,200, including a few scattered homes in the east and the west. It also has a small airport on the West Virginia-Virginia border.
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North Matewan's population in Mingo County, West Virginia of 2,062 residents in 1930 has dropped 0,89-fold to 1,826 residents after 120 years, according to the official 2020 census.
