Austinville, Virginia

About Austinville

Austinville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Virginia.

Austinville holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.11 square miles.

📰 Austinville News Today

• Jeffrey "Jeff" Lee Hines Obituary Aug 6, 2026 Highland Funeral Service · Aug 6
• Mary Bryant Obituary (2018) - Austinville, VA - Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel - Hillsville MLive.com · Aug 8
• Emory Franklin Arnold Obituary Aug 25, 2025 Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory · May 8
• Carroll County greenhouse Pluck’d puts locally grown tomatoes on East Coast store shelves wsls.com · May 12
• “The team analyzed over half a billion data points from every weather station east of the Mississippi" Hortidaily · Mar 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Austinville Unique

• The only place in America named Austinville — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.11 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Austinville

• Shot Tower State Historical Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Austinville

• Jackson Memorial Elementary
• Laurel Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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