Hilltop, West Virginia

About Hilltop

Hilltop is a small unincorporated community in southern West Virginia.

Hilltop holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.65 square miles.

📰 Hilltop News Today

• West Liberty University opens Hilltop Center for Biomedical Research in Arnett Hall WTOV · Feb 11
• West Liberty University to Host Hilltop Youth Music Camp This Summer West Liberty University · Apr 17
• Trump plans $700 million in new coal support, White House official says Reuters · Jun 4
• Janet Dean Swafford Obituary in Charlotte at King's Funeral Home articobits.com · Jan 31
• Lawrence Boley Obituary - Beckley, WV Dignity Memorial · Oct 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Hilltop Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Hilltop — but the West Virginia one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern West Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Hank’s Last Stop · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Hilltop

🏘️ Nearby Communities