About

We appreciate your interest in our community. To help you get to know us better, we work to maintain a variety of useful information here on our official town website. We hope you will find this site informative, helpful, and user-friendly. 

As a brief introduction…Hurt is a congenial, family-oriented town of approximately 1,300 citizens located at the northern end of Pittsylvania County. We are separated from the adjoining larger town of Altavista only by the Roanoke (Staunton) River. We are home to people of all ages with a considerable range of demographics and interests. 

While Hurt is predominantly residential, we eagerly desire and are actively pursuing economic development/community revitalization as a top priority. Our focus is on development of the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park and Staunton Plaza.

Considering the challenges that most localities face in effecting commercial growth, we recognize the importance of regional cooperation. Thus, it is our pleasure to be the host locality for the Staunton River Regional Industrial Facility Authority (SRRIFA) in partnership with Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville. Hurt also maintains active membership in the Virginia Municipal League.

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