Flint Hill is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Rappahannock County Rappahannock County is a county located in the northern Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, US, adjacent to Shenandoah National Park. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 7,348. Its county seat is Washington. The name "Rappah ...

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 209. It is located on Route 522, approximately 2 miles to the east of the border of the

Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park (often ) is an American national park that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The park is long and narrow, with the Shenandoah River and its broad valley to the west, and the ...

. The linear and compact shaped village includes agricultural buildings, residential dwellings, churches, and

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s, representing a variety of architectural designs, such as Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic revival, Craftsman, and Federal. Most of the village, including a two-mile stretch of Route 522 between Wilson Branch Creek and Ben Venue Road and portions of several side streets, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2012 as the Flint Hill Historic District. The

Caledonia Farm Caledonia Farm, also known as Fountain Hall, is a historic home located at Flint Hill, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It was built about 1812, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style stone dwelling. The original stone kitchen was connected ...

and the

Flint Hill Baptist Church Flint Hill Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church in Flint Hill, Rappahannock County, Virginia. The original section was built in 1854 and expanded and remodeled in the 1890s in the Late Victorian style. The original section is a ...

are also separately listed on the

. Just to the north of the town is the campus of

Wakefield Country Day School Wakefield Country Day School is a co-educational, independent, non-sectarian elementary, middle, and high school situated in Rappahannock County, United States and serving grades preschool (age 3) through grade 12. The school's campus is located n ...

, a private school founded in 1972 which serves Rappahannock County and the surrounding community.

History

The history of Flint Hill can be traced back to the year 1740, where it started out as a crossroads community. It then became an official

Census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in 1843 by a

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act. The community became a thriving regional

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

during the late 1800s / early 1900s, which it is still today. Flint Hill became a registered historic place in 2012.

References

* * * Census-designated places in Rappahannock County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Rappahannock County, Virginia {{RappahannockCountyVA-geo-stub