Hinton, New South Wales

est =
postcode = 2321
coordinates = coord|32|43|S|151|39|E|type:town_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title
elevation = 6
elevation_footnotes= ref|elevation|Note3
area = 9.8
area_footnotes = ref|area|Note4
timezone = AEST
utc = +10
timezone-dst = AEDT
utc-dst = +11
propval =
dist1 = 168
dir1 = N
location1 = Sydney
dist2 = 39
dir2 = NW
location2 = Newcastle
dist3 = 13
dir3 = WNW
location3 = Raymond Terrace
dist4 = 11
dir4 = ENE
location4 = Maitland
lga = Port Stephens Council
region = Hunter
county = Durhamcite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=MaIOjzZTTR|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Hinton|work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|accessdate=2008-05-27]
parish = Seaham
stategov = Maitland
fedgov = Paterson
near-n = Wallalong
near-ne = Seaham
near-e = Osterley
near-se = Millers Forest, Duckenfield
near-s = Morpeth, Berry Park, Duckenfield
near-sw = Morpeth
near-w = Phoenix Park
near-nw = Wallalong

Hinton is a suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?region=HT&regiontype=1|title=Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT)|publisher=New South Wales Department of Local Government|accessdate=2008-05-27] Primarily rural, the largest population centre is the township of Hinton, which is situated on the Paterson River, near to the confluence of the Hunter and Paterson rivers.DoL suburb image|name=Hinton|codename=same|accessdate=2008-05-27]

Floods

Due to the close proximity of the Hunter and Paterson rivers and the low elevation of surrounding ground the town is often isolated for a number of days during periods of exceptionally high rainfall. Most recently this happened in March 2000 and June 2007.

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Notes

# ABS QuickStats does not include all residents of the geographically recognised suburb of Hinton. However, the error is only small as the missed area consists only of a few farms.
# This is the average density of the whole suburb. The population density in the township is slightly higher.
# This is the average elevation of the township. The surrounding farmland is almost at river level as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
# Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

External links

* [http://www.australianexplorer.com/hinton.htm Hinton at Australian Explorer]