Ben Hur, Virginia

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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.

It is the location of Lee High School and Lee County's Walmart store.

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] The ZIP Code for Ben Hur is 24218. [5]

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References

  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Ben Hur, Lee County, Virginia". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  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. (December 27, 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 October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  5. "Ben Hur ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

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