Mount Clifton, Virginia

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Mount Clifton, Virginia
CDP
Mt clifton methodist church.jpg
The former Methodist church sits in the center of the rural village.
Coordinates: 38°49′7″N78°45′47″W / 38.81861°N 78.76306°W / 38.81861; -78.76306
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Shenandoah
Area
  Total0.4 sq mi (1.036 km2)
  Land0.38 sq mi (0.9842002 km2)
  Water0.02 sq mi (0.0517998 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total110
  Density280/sq mi (110/km2)
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
FIPS code 51-04928 [1]

Mount Clifton is a census-designated place in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 decennial census the village was noted as having 110 residents with 6 being Native American or Alaska Native, 1 being Asian, 0 Black or African American individuals, 7 of Hispanic or Latino descent, 0 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, 4 of Some Other Race, 8 of Two or More Races, and 91 White. It was also noted as having 54 housing units, 3 of which are noted as being vacant.

Mt. Clifton most likely got its name from its imposing position overlooking Mill Creek. It was founded sometime in the middle of the 19th century by George Hammon and his sons. They built and operated a store, flour mill, saw mill, and blacksmith shop in the area.

Soon after the Hammon’s arrival the Howard’s Lick Turnpike, the major road from Mt. Jackson to Orkney Springs and West Virginia, opened. A toll house was constructed in Mt. Clifton and the community became a rest stop for the many visitors traveling to resorts in Orkney Springs or West Virginia.

Like in other small communities in the area, commercial, social, educational, and spiritual institutions emerged. These include:

Today the community's commercial interests have long since closed. Mt. Clifton Post Office was discontinued in 1900. The mill and school closed in the mid-1940s. A few decades later the final store also closed.

The church closed in 2020 and most of the structures that once surrounded it are abandoned or demolished. [2]

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References

  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Mt. Clifton".