Hur, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 38°52′24″N 81°10′10″W / 38.87333°N 81.16944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Calhoun |
Elevation | 1,152 ft (351 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
GNIS ID | 1554758[1] |
Hur is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office has closed.[2] 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.