Hinton
Hinton is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located northwest of Harrisonburg along U.S. Route 33 and Route 752 near the edge of George Washington National Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Hinton, VA”, “Hinton, Virginia”, and “Karicofe”
- Postal code: 22831
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mole Hill.
Mole Hill
Volcano
Photo: Jstuby, Public domain.
Mole Hill is a rounded hill composed of basalt, a volcanic rock, formed during the Eocene epoch of the Paleogene period. It is the eroded remnant of what was an active volcano approximately 47 million years ago, making it one of the youngest volcanoes on the east coast of North America. Mole Hill is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hinton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dale Enterprise and Lilly.
Dale Enterprise
Hamlet
Photo: DBK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dale Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The name dates to 1872, when it was time to name the village's post office. Dale Enterprise is situated 2 miles southeast of Hinton.
Lilly
Hamlet
Lilly is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located west of Harrisonburg along Route 613, northeast of Clover Hill, near the edge of the George Washington National Forest. Lilly is situated 2½ miles west of Hinton.
New Erection
Hamlet
New Erection is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The community took its name from a Presbyterian church called "New Erection" because it was re-erected there, having previously been erected in Dayton. New Erection is situated 2½ miles east of Hinton.
Hinton
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Rockingham, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.46596° or 38° 27′ 57″ northLongitude
-78.97225° or 78° 58′ 20″ westElevation
1,371 feet (418 metres)United Nations Location Code
US HTNOpen location code
87C3F28H+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 158253181OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4764292Wikidata ID
Q5767634
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Hinton” goes by many names.
- French: “Hinton”
- Irish: “Hinton”
- Welsh: “Hinton, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Hinton”
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