A Brief History of Hinton

Hinton is situated in the Floyd Valley, Hungerford Township — near the Floyd River, twelve miles downstream from Le Mars (the county seat) and ten miles upstream from Sioux City. It sits in the northern portion of Plymouth County along Highway 75.

Hinton was named after a town in West Virginia by John I. Blair, a railroad constructor. It was platted by the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Town Lot and Land Co. in 1883, and is the only town in Hungerford Township still in existence. An addition was added on May 25, 1894, on land donated and platted by W. L. and Frances Joy.