Clinchport | |
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 Clinchport, with town hall on the right | |
 Location of Clinchport, Virginia | |
| Coordinates: 36°40′27″N 82°44′50″W / 36.67417°N 82.74722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Scott |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.70 sq mi (1.80 km2) |
| • Land | 0.67 sq mi (1.73 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,227 ft (374 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 64 |
| • Density | 91/sq mi (36/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 24244 |
| Area code | 276 |
| FIPS code | 51-17536[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1493548[4] |
Clinchport is a town in Scott County, Virginia, United States. The population was 64 at the 2020 census.[2] Clinchport is the least-populated municipality in Virginia.[5] It is part of the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Clinchport was named from its location on the Clinch River.[6]
Clinchport owes its small population to a severe 100-year flood event in 1977. After the natural disaster, local authorities incentivized residents to relocate to nearby communities with support from the Tennessee Valley Authority [1]. Today, few structures remain in the town's floodplain.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Search". census.gov.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Rivero, Nicolas (25 August 2017). "The Smallest Town in Each of the 50 States". Mental Floss. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Addington, Robert M. (1 January 1992). History of Scott County, Virginia. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-932807-67-0.