 The Mingo Oak stood in Mingo County , West Virginia , in a cove at the base of Trace Mountain near the headwaters of the Trace Fork of Pigeon Creek , a tributary stream of Tug Fork . The tree reached a height of over 200 feet ( 61 m ) , and its trunk was 145 feet ( 44 m ) in height . Its crown measured 130 feet ( 40 m ) in diameter and 60 feet ( 18 m ) in height . The tree 's trunk measured 9 feet 10 inches ( 3 @.@ 00 m ) in diameter and the circumference of its base measured 30 feet 9 inches ( 9 @.@ 37 m ) . Assessments of its potential board lumber ranged from 15 @,@ 000 feet ( 4 @,@ 600 m ) to 40 @,@ 000 feet ( 12 @,@ 000 m ) . Following the tree 's felling in 1938 , it was estimated to weigh approximately 5 @,@ 400 long tons ( 5 @,@ 500 t ) . 
