Lynchburg, Virginia (grc)

Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg, Virginia ranks 1,612th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Berchtesgaden, Gdynia, and Zabrze. Memorable people born in Lynchburg, Virginia include Desmond Doss, Lucius Shepard, and Skeet Ulrich. Memorable people who died in Lynchburg, Virginia include Ota Benga, Jubal Early, and Jerry Falwell. Lynchburg, Virginia has been the birth place of many writers, and actors and the death place of many celebrities, and politicians. Lynchburg, Virginia is located in Greece.

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City". In the 1860s, Lynchburg was the only city in Virginia that was not recaptured by the Union before the end of the American Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia