Welcome to Vinton ...

So far, we found very little information about Vinton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Vinton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Vinton, please Contact Us.

Vinton would have been located within present day Valley County<2>.

The location of Vinton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vinton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Vinton is 2,140 feet [652 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Vinton is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Vinton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Vinton would have been located in the (308) area code.

Communities Also Named Vinton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Vinton - they are located in California, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio (2), Quebec, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vinton.

Communities near Vinton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vinton.

• Ord
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
  • Ord is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,052 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ord <5>
• North Loup City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Loup City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
  • North Loup City is located in Sherman County
• Burwell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Burwell is located in Garfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burwell <5>
• Loup City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loup City
  • Loup City is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
  • Loup City has also been known as:
  • Loup
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loup City <5>
• Arcadia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Arcadia is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcadia <5>
• North Loup
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup
  • North Loup is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Loup <5>
• Scotia
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
  • Scotia is located in Greeley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotia <5>
• Comstock
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
  • Comstock is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <5>
• Elyria
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
  • Elyria is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
• Wescott
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
  • Wescott is located in Custer County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Vinton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vinton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vinton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vinton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vinton. See our Newspapers Page for Vinton.

Adding Vinton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vinton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Vinton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Vinton post office opened in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vinton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Valley County: www.co.valley.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/