Elevation:
1479.7 ft
(451.0 m)
County: Lee County
State: Virginia
Coords: 36.7328663, -83.0821145
Ben Hur
Hur is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office has closed. Named after novel "Ben Hur." The village once had three stores and two grist mills. A crank'em up single wire phone company that served a large area that operated into the 1960s and the Mt. Olive Methodist Church which was established in 1879. It is the home of a widely read Internet newspaper, the Hur Herald, established in 1996 by Bob Weaver. Population never exceeded 40.
Ben Hur, Virginia in United States features restaurants and cafés, hotels and lodging, attractions and museums, shops and services. Townapedia indexed 266 establishments across categories.
