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Lewisburg

West Virginia, United States
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Lewisburg, city, seat (1778) of Greenbrier county, southeastern West Virginia, U.S. It is located near the Greenbrier River and the Greenbrier State Forest, west of White Sulphur Springs (home of the renowned resort, the Greenbrier). Strategically situated at the junction of the Midland and Kanawha trails, Lewisburg’s origins date to 1751. Settlement developed after 1769 around Camp Union, rendezvous of the Virginia militiamen of General Andrew Lewis (for whom the town was named) prior to...

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