The Central Vinton Residential Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Vinton, Iowa, United States.

[2] Second Avenue retains its brick paving and it is the contributing structure.

Because the town is a center of commerce and government, it started to grow in the mid-to-late-nineteenth century.

[2] A large variety of popular late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles are represented in the district.

Three churches are also included in the district: First Baptist (Neoclassical; 1915), Presbyterian Church of Vinton (Neoclassical; 1913), and Faith Independent Baptist (Gothic Revival, c. 1920).