Area Info — Hillsville, VA

Hillsville, Virginia

Historic Hillsville, Virginia is located in Carroll County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia, 14 miles north of the North Carolina state line. Hillsville has a land area of 8.95 square miles. I-77 runs just west of Hillsville, intersecting with I-81 ten miles north of the Carroll County line. With direct interstate access in all directions, Hillsville lies within a day’s drive of half the United States’ population.

View a map of the Hillsville area.

Wireless Internet

Hillsville’s historic district is a wireless internet hot spot.
Visitors, businesses and residents of historic downtown Hillsville may access this unsecure wireless link at no cost.

Transportation

Highway
Highways serving area: I-77, I-81, US 58/221 (4 lane), 58 bypass, US 52
Nearest interstate interchange: 4 within county (Exits 1,8,15,19 on I-77) and Exit 14 within town limits
Motor freight carriers: 41
Nearest motor freight terminal: 9 miles (Blue Ridge Transfer in Galax)

Air

Roanoke Regional Airport; Roanoke, VA, 78 miles northeast of Hillsville
Smith-Reynolds Airport; Winston-Salem, NC, 58 miles southeast of Hillsville
Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem Regional Airport; 78 miles southeast of Hillsville
General aviation facilities available at Twin County Airport, 5 miles west of Hillsville. Twin County Airport has a 4,204-foot lighted runway with charter, air taxi, and air freight services available.

Rail
A Norfolk Southern mainline runs parallel to I-81, approximately 15 miles north of the Carroll County line.

Water
Port of Hampton Roads is 290 miles east. Inland container port at Front Royal, VA, is 170 miles east.

Population


Census
Carroll County
Town of Hillsville

1970
23,092
1,149

1980
27,270
2,123

1990
26,594
2,008

1996
post-annexation
2,680

2001
post-annexation
2,849

2006
29,715
2,849

2010
30,002
2,681

2011
post-annexation
2,704


Climate


Average Temperature, January:
34ºF
1ºC

Average Temperature, July:
72ºF
22ºC

Average Annual Precipitation:
41″
104 cm

Average Annual Snowfall:
20″
51 cm

Heating Degree Days:
5,038

Cooling Degree Days:
680

Elevation:
1,100′-3,570′ (335-1,088 m)

Carroll County is an attainment area for National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).






Distances to Major Cities

City
Miles
Kilometers

Atlanta, GA
374
601

Baltimore, MD
344
554

Charleston, WV
181
291

Charlotte, NC
141
227

Cincinnati, OH
389
626

Columbia, SC
233
375

Greensboro, NC
85
137

Knoxville, TN
200
322

Lexington, KY
355
571

Nashville, TN
295
475

Norfolk, VA
288
464

Raleigh/Durham, NC
139
224

Richmond, VA
256
412

Roanoke, VA
83
134

Winston-Salem, NC
70
113

Washington, DC
307
494

Twin County Regional Hospital (149 beds; 37 medical specialists), one outpatient clinic
55 physicians, 6 dentist, 6 optometrists in Twin County Area, which includes neighboring City of Galax and Grayson County
Hillsville has three private physician offices and a chiropractor’s office

Communications

Daily Newspapers: 2, Roanoke Times, Winston Salem Journal
Weekly Newspapers: 2, Galax Gazette, The Carroll News
Radio Stations: 4
Broadcast/Cable TV: Major networks available through affiliates in Roanoke, VA; Triad Region of NC; cable television available locally by Comcast
Post Offices: 1, 404 S. Main Street

Telephone Service: Century Link and Comcast; digital switching, fiber optic networks; DSL through Century Link and Cable Internet through Comcast

More Information

For more information about the area, visit Chillsnet, the electronic village for Hillsville and Carroll County.