Philip W. Hiden

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Phillip Wallace Hiden (1872-1936) of Warwick County, Virginia was the second president of Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, succeeding Walter A. Post. He served as the mayor of the independent city of Newport News from 1920 to 1924. He was the first mayor of to serve under the City Council-City Manager form of government, as opposed to being directly elected.

Prior to serving as mayor, he was also a land baron, and owned the Hiden Storage and Forwarding Company. After his death, his daughter Woodroof divided one 200-acre (0.81 km²) parcel into a residential area. This area was developed came to be known as Hidenwood. ^[1] It currently borders Christopher Newport University to the west.

Martha Woodroof Hiden (1888-1959), his widow, along with the widow of Homer L. Ferguson, (who had also been a President of Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and is credited with initating development of Hilton Village), cut a symbolic ribbon at the ceremony that merged the cities of Newport News and Warwick on July 1, 1958.