2019 Map of Ben Hur

About this map

Jonesville and the Lee County Courthouse stand as central landmarks in this pocket of Southwest Virginia, where the landscape is defined by long, parallel ridges and valleys. The Powell River winds through the center of the terrain, flanked by Wallen Ridge and Stone Mountain. Historical travel corridors follow these natural gaps, with the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Rd, the Daniel Boone Trl, and Wilderness Rd tracing the legacy of early migration through the Appalachians. Smaller settlements like Ben Hur, Blackwater, and Sulphur Springs are connected by a network of rural roads such as the Dr Andrew Jackson Osborne Hwy. The map is particularly dense with family cemeteries, including Daugherty Cem, Roop Cem, and Parkey Cem, providing an extensive record for genealogical research across the ridges of Chestnut Ridge and Powell Mtn.