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Welcome to Mink ...

So far, we found very little information about Mink. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mink to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mink, please Contact Us.


Mink would have been located within present day Kanawha County<2>.


The location of Mink has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Mink, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mink is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mink was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Mink would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Mink ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Mink - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mink.

Communities near Mink ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mink.

  • Charleston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • South Charleston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Charleston
    • South Charleston is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,036 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Charleston <6>
  • Saint Albans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
    • Saint Albans is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,763 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Albans <6>
  • Dunbar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nitro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nitro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
    • Nitro is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nitro <6>
  • Winfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Chesapeake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesapeake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
    • Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
  • Marmet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmet
    • Marmet is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmet <6>
  • Belle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
    • Belle is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,108 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle <6>
  • Clendenin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mink. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mink.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mink. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mink.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mink. See our Newspapers Page for Mink.

Adding Mink to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mink in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mink was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Mink post office opened in 1888.

We also found Mink in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mink.

The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mink, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Kanawha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mink - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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