Red Jacket is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 581 at the 2010 census. The community was named for Red Jacket, a Seneca chief.

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.