Hinton, West Virginia
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Hinton is a city in and the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. Hinton was established in 1873 and chartered in 1897. Hinton was n
Temple Street in downtown Hinton in 2007
The Summers County Courthouse in Hinton
Hinton City Hall in 2022
The earliest settlers on land that is today Hinton were Isaac and Jean Ballengee. Descendants of these original settlers have played important roles in the town's history, attested by the naming of Ballengee St in downtown Hinton.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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Sylvia Mary Burwell is an American government and non-profit executive who is president of the Harvard Board of Overseers and was the 15th president of American University from 2017 to 2024. Burwell w
Hinton, West Virginia
…and business owner Ken Allman founded MountainPlex Properties, which since then has worked to preserve and revitalize the Hinton Historic District. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 22nd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Jack Warhop, Major League Baseball player…
Official portrait, 2014
Kathryn Ruemmler, Jack Lew, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, and Alyssa Mastromonaco update President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the government shutdown, October 1, 2013.
Rural Council meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, February 3, 2016. From left to right: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, President Barack Obama, and Burwell.