Hiltons is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

Scott County, Virginia Scott County is a county located in the far southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia, on the border with Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,576. Its county seat is Gate City. Scott County was formed by an act of ...

, United States. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area The Tri-Cities is the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, ...

– commonly known as the " Tri-Cities" region.

History

The Fulkerson-Hilton House was listed on the

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in 2002.

Geography

Hiltons is located at (36.65485, -82.46777). The community is situated along US highway 421 (Virginia route 58) in the Poor Valley region of Virginia, bounded on the north by

Clinch Mountain Clinch Mountain is a mountain ridge in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, located within the ridge-and-valley section of the Appalachian Mountains. The ridge runs generally east-northeasterly from its southern terminus at Kitts Point (at ...

and the south by Pine Ridge. The area is most noted as being a waypoint on the route to Maces Spring, home to the Carter Family Fold, which lies three miles to the east.

Demographics

Hiltons first appeared as a

census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

in the 2020 United States census.

References

External links

Scott County (VA) website

Official Carter Family Fold Website

PBS special on the Carter Family
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Scott County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia Census-designated places in Scott County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia Kingsport–Bristol metropolitan area