Clinchco, VA

Clinchco is a town in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 244 residents. The town, formerly known as Moss, was named for both the Clinchfield Railroad and the Clinchfield Coal Corporation. The Clinchco post office was established in 1917. That mix gives Clinchco a clear local shape within Virginia, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The town is situated in the valley of the McClure River, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Russell Fork, part of the Levisa Fork / Big Sandy River system leading north to the Ohio River. Virginia State Routes 63 and 83 run through the center of town.