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词条 Ben Hur, Virginia
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  1. History

  2. References

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.

History

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

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

References

1. ^{{Cite GNIS|1463069|Feature Detail Report for: Ben Hur, Lee County, Virginia}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA4|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=4}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Gallant|first=Frank K.|title=A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdbCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA88|date=27 December 2012|publisher=Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-31081-7|page=88}}
4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=VA&county=Lee | title=Lee County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 September 2014 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104719/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=VA&county=Lee | archivedate=6 October 2014 | df= }}
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