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by Ivan Sache, 2 May 2008
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The Town of Vinton (7,782 inhabitants in 2000;3.17 sq. km) is located in
Roanoke County. Settled in 1797 as Gish's Mill by the Gish brothers, the area
was incorporated into Roanoke County, formed in 1838. Gish's Mill became Gish's
Depot after the building of a stop by the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad. In the 1870-1880, the Gish family decided to establish a town at the
depot's site; in early 1883, the promoters of the new town adopted the name of
Vinton. This name might have been designed as a tribute to the influent Vinyard
and Preston families, but it is also said that its origin is Indian. The Town of
Vinton was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on 17 March 1884, with
a population of 584 and a land area of 1.5 square miles.
http://www.town.vinton.va.us Town
website
The flag of Vinton is shown on a photograph published in "Roanoke
County Economic Development", 4(1), August 2004, as yellow with the municipal
seal in the middle. The Roanoke County flag is said to have been used during the
same ceremony but is not shown on the photograph.
http://yesroanoke.net/newsletter/04-08-20/newsletter2id8.htm#59
Ivan Sache, 2 May 2008
It's interesting to note that (thus far, without official confirmation), some
of the Town staff knew of the flag, some did not. And the flag hasn't been flown
publicly for maybe 10 years or more. The person who knew that the flag really
exists said that there are only two flagpoles, which leads me to believe that
they don't fly 3 flags from 2 poles - they choose the National and the State
flags, and leave the Town flag folded in a storeroom.
Bob Hunt, 5 May
2008