Hinton, West Virginia

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The city of Hinton is located in Summers County and is the county seat.

Hinton is 550 feet [167.64 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Hinton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Hinton can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Hinton had a population of 2,880 people^<2> (or 20.1% of the total population of Summers County). The population of Hinton represented 0.16% of the total of West Virginia, making it the state's 45th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Hinton had a population of 2,532 people. This is a decrease of 12.08% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Hinton.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alderson	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,070	1.92% decrease
	Athens	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,182	7.26% increase
	Beaver	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Beckley	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	16,832	2.45% decrease
	Daniels	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Mabscott	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,350	3.78% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Hinton.

The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Hinton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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