The Hinman Settler Road was constructed by former Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

 veteran Timothy Hinman

Timothy Hinman

Timothy Hinman was a pioneer road builder who constructed the Hinman Settler Road in Orleans County, Vermont.-References:...

 from 1791-1795 in Orleans County, Vermont

Orleans County, Vermont

Orleans County is one of the four northernmost counties in the U.S. state of Vermont. It borders Canada. In 2010, the population was 27,231. Its county seat is Newport. As in the rest of New England, few governmental powers have been granted to the county...

. Hinman's intent was to help develop the land he owned in Derby.

The road is 30 miles (48.3 km) long. It starts at the Bayley Hazen Military Road

Bayley Hazen Military Road

The Bayley–Hazen Military Road was a military road that was originally planned to run from Newbury, Vermont to St. John's, Quebec, not far from Montreal. , running from Newbury to Hazens Notch near the Canadian border, were constructed between 1776 and 1779 during the American Revolutionary War...

 in Greensboro

Greensboro, Vermont

Greensboro is the southernmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 770 at the 2000 census. The town includes the places of Campbells Corners, East Greensboro, Gebbie Corner, Greensboro Four Corners, Greensboro Bend, The Four Corners, Tolmans Corner, and Burlington...

. It proceeds north from there. When it reaches Glover

Glover, Vermont

Glover is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 966. It contains two unincorporated villages, Glover and West Glover....

, it follows the Barton River

Barton River

The Barton River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over long, in northern Vermont in the United States.It runs north from Glover through Barton, Brownington, Coventry and drains through Newport into Lake Memphremagog's South Bay.-Course:...

 Valley north through the village of Barton

Barton (village), Vermont

Barton is a village located near the center of the town of Barton, in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 742 at the 2000 census.-Government:...

. North of that village it follows the Maple Hill Road north, running through what is now the Orleans Country Club to Brownington

Brownington, Vermont

Brownington is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 885 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.4 square miles , of which 28.3 square miles is land and 0.1 square mile is...

. It continues north through Derby

Derby, Vermont

Derby is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,604 at the 2000 census. The town contains four unincorporated villages: Beebe Plain, Clyde Pond, Lake Salem and North Derby; and two incorporated villages: Derby Center and Derby Line...

 to the Canadian border. It is nearly straight, bearing about 19 degrees from north.

Most of the road was used well into the nineteenth and often, the twentieth century. Some of the road has become state road, for example in Glover, it became Vermont Route 16

Vermont Route 16

Vermont Route 16 is a north–south state highway in northern Vermont, United States. The route is long and connects Hardwick to Westmore. It begins at VT 15 in Hardwick and heads northward to U.S. Route 5 in Barton. From Barton, it heads eastward to VT 5A in Westmore...

. In other places, it is unmaintained, for example in Barton, it leaves Maple Hill Road and becomes a "class 4" (town owned, but not maintained) road until it gets to the golf course.

In Brownington, it is a major route and known by the historic name.