Hampden is an

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Mingo County 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 Iroq ...

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, United States. Hampden is located on

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and Horsepen Creek, west-northwest of

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. Hampden had a

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, which closed on November 2, 2002.

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Unincorporated communities in Mingo County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia {{MingoCountyWV-geo-stub