Hinton is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

[1] It is located just north of Columbia.

A post office called Hinton was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1907.

[2] The community was named after John W. Hinton, a 19th-century county judge.

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