Clinchport’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Clinchport. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusClinchport is a town in Scott County, Virginia, United States. The population was 64 at the 2020 census. Clinchport is the least-populated municipality in Virginia. 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. 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 structur…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 70 to 64 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clinchport yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Clinchport’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clinchport’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewClinchport Masonic Lodge No. 267,…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Clinchport
See all 1 →Clinchport, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Clinchport is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clinchport has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Duff Mansion House in Duffield, 7.4 miles away.
Clinchport and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Clinchport Masonic Lodge No. 267, Second Avenue and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.