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, Jerry Falwell, and Carl Anderson. Memorable people who died in Lynchburg, Virginia include Jerry Falwell, Ota Benga, and Jubal Early. Lynchburg, Virginia has been the birth place of many writers, and actors and the death place of many writers, and celebrities. Lynchburg, Virginia is located in Greece.

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the James River, it had a population of 79,009 at the 2020 census, making it the 11th most populous independent city in Virginia. The city is nicknamed the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City." Lynchburg was founded in 1757 by John Lynch, a Quaker ferry operator and abolitionist. During the American Civil War, Lynchburg’s strategic importance helped it remain the only major city in Virginia not recaptured by Union forces before the war’s end. Read more on Wikipedia