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Hinton is a city in and the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia, United States. [5] The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. [2] Hinton was established in 1873 and chartered in 1897.
[2] [1] A traditional funeral service consists of a viewing (sometimes referred to as a visitation), a funeral service in a place of worship or the funeral home chapel and a graveside committal service. Direct cremation consists of the funeral home receiving the body, preparing it for the crematory and filing the necessary legal paperwork ...
The Hinton Historic District is a national historic district located at Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia. The original Hinton Historic District is bordered roughly by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line, James Street, 5th Avenue, and Roundhouse. The boundary increase extended the district to include Mill Street.
Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,959. [1] Its county seat is Hinton. [2] The county was created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature on February 27, 1871, from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe counties and named in honor of George W. Summers (1804–1868).
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia.He held office from 1969 to 1977 and again from 1985 to 1989, making him the longest-serving governor in the state's history with 12 years in office.
Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River.The population was five at the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Hinton station is an Amtrak station in Hinton, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station is a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway depot, and is located in the Hinton Historic District . Constructed in 1892, [ 3 ] the brick building includes wood canopies supported by heavy brackets featuring a wood-fan pattern trim.
It lies along West Virginia Route 12 to the southeast of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County. [1] Its elevation is 1,926 feet (587 m). [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 24935. [3] Forest Hill once contained a tobacco factory. [4]