Pilgrims Knob is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Buchanan County,

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, United States. As of the 2000 census, the Pilgrims Knob area had a population of 479. It is located at along the Dismal River, part of the watershed of the Big Sandy River, at the junction of Virginia State Routes 638 and

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. The area was first settled in 1833 by Milton Ward. However, the area was not named until 1938 when the first post office was opened by Thomas Ward, a descendant of Milton Ward, under the name "Pilgrim Knob". The name was given by Ward's wife in honor of the pioneers who first settled the area.Tennis, Joe. ''Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See''. Overmountain Press: Johnson City, Tennessee, 2004.

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