Hinton
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city in Summers County, West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Summers
- Mayor
- Jack L Scott
- City manager
- Cris Meadows
- Total
- 3.03 sq mi (7.85 km )
- Land
- 2.23 sq mi (5.78 km )
- Water
- 0.80 sq mi (2.07 km )
- Elevation
- 1,463 ft (446 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 2,243
- Density
- 1,056/sq mi (407.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 54-37636
- Website
- hintonwva.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Hinton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Summers County
- Population
- 2245
- Area
- 7.856154
- Elevation
- 446
- Body of water
- Greenbrier River
- Capital of
- Summers County
- Official website
- www.hintonwva.com
- Image
- Hinton West Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 1228
- Dialing code
- 304
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- Commons category
- Hinton, West Virginia
- postal code
- 25951
- water as percent of area
- 26.8065
- per capita income
- 20235
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Encyclopedic overview
Hinton is a city in and the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. Hinton was established in 1873 and chartered in 1897. Hinton was named after John "Jack" Hinton, the original owner of the town site. Much of Hinton's downtown was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Geography and climate
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hinton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.