Welcome to Hurt ...
The town of Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County<1>.
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The location of Hurt has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hurt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Hurt has a population of 1,226 people<3> (see below for details).
Hurt is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: Hurt lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Hurt: 434
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hurt had an population of 1,226 people. This is a decrease of 5.98% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.92% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Hurt had a population of 1,304 people. This makes Hurt the county's most populous community.
The population of Hurt represents 0.02% of the population of Virginia (which has 8,001,024 people), making it the state's 123rd most populous community.
With a 2010 count of 1,304 people, the population of Hurt increased 2.19% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,276 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Hurt.
Communities Also Named Hurt ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hurt - it's located in Kansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hurt.
Communities near Hurt ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hurt.
- Radford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Chatham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
- Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <5>
- Brookneal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookneal
- Brookneal is located in Campbell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookneal <5>
- Leesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Brutus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Renan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
- Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
- Pittsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Pittsville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Chalk Level
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Level
- Chalk Level is located in Pittsylvania County
- Cody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Cody is located in Halifax 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 Hurt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hurt.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hurt. 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 Hurt.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurt. See our Newspapers Page for Hurt.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hurt ...
Looking for more information about Hurt? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
In addition to the Tourism page for Hurt, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hurt.
Adding Hurt to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hurt in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hurt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Hurt post office opened in 1895.
We also found Hurt on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurt.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hurt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pittsylvania County: www.pittgov.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Pittsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hurt. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hurt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |