Ewing, VA

Ewing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lee County, Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 381 residents. Ewing is one of the westernmost settlements in the Commonwealth of Virginia, before reaching the Cumberland Gap and the borders with Kentucky and Tennessee. Ewing is part of a small portion of Virginia that is closer to 9 state capitals than Richmond. The through line in Ewing is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map.

Ewing makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The Ewing post office was established in 1891. Ewing is 2 miles south of the Kentucky border, which follows the crest of Cumberland Mountain, and less than 3 miles north of the Tennessee border. U.S. Route 58 passes through the center of town, leading east 20 miles to Jonesville, the Lee county seat, and west 14 miles to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.