Ben Hur, Virginia

Ben Hur is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.[1] It is located along U.S. Route 58 (Alternate) southwest of Pennington Gap and northeast of Jonesville.

US 58 in Ben Hur

History

Ben Hur was founded by Auburn Pridemore.[2] He named the community after the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace.[3]

The Ben Hur post office was established in 1921.[4]

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References
  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Ben Hur, Lee County, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
  3. Gallant, Frank K. (27 December 2012). A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-Names. Dover Publications. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-486-31081-7.
  4. "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.


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