What is "upshur"

Upshur may refer to:

Places:

• Upshur County, Texas, county located in the U.S. state of Texas
• Upshur County, West Virginia, county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia

Surname:

• Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844), American lawyer, judge and politician from Virginia
• George P. Upshur (1799–1852), officer in the United States Navy, brother of Abel P. Upshur
• John Henry Upshur (1823–1917), admiral in the United States Navy in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War
• Ross Upshur, FRCPC, Canadian physician and researcher
• William P. Upshur (1881–1943), recipient of the Medal of Honor—for actions in 1915 during the Haitian Campaign

Fictional Characters:

• Miles Upshur, main protagonist in the 2013 Survival-horror video game Outlast.

Given name:

• John Upshur Dennis Page (1904–1950), United States Army officer from Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward (born 1943), American investigative journalist and non-fiction author

Ships:

• USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193), Clemson class destroyer in the United States Navy
• USS Upshur (DD-144), Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy
• USNS Upshur (T-AP-198), Barrett class transport ship of the United States Navy