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Clinchport is an incorporated town in Scott County, Virginia, named for its location on the Clinch River.

With just 64 residents at the 2020 census, Clinchport is the least-populated municipality in Virginia.

Clinchport owes its tiny population largely to a severe 100-year flood in 1977, after which local authorities, with support from the Tennessee Valley Authority, incentivized residents to relocate to nearby communities, and few structures remain in the town's floodplain today.

The town's population fell from 286 people in 1970 to just 89 in 1980 in the aftermath of the 1977 flood and relocation effort.

Clinchport was considerably larger in the mid-20th century, peaking at 359 residents in the 1950 census after first being counted with 183 residents in 1900.

At the 2000 census, Clinchport had 77 people living in 31 households and 19 families.

The town is very small in area as well, covering only about 0.69 square miles in the Clinch River valley at an elevation of about 1,227 feet.

Clinchport's post office opened in 1888, and the town uses ZIP code 24244 and area code 276.

Clinchport is part of the Kingsport–Bristol metropolitan area within the Tri-Cities region shared by northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia.