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Do you know of Moccasin Gap ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Moccasin Gap. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Moccasin Gap.

Our sources for Moccasin Gap (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Moccasin Gap other than they indicate that Moccasin Gap would be found somewhere in Scott County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1906 and closed  in 1910.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Moccasin Gap ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Moccasin Gap:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Moccasin Gap - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Moccasin Gap.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/52376   (Place Name: Moccasin Gap (RR name for Weber City))

County: Scott     (FIPS State/County: 51/169)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Scott County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Scott County.

AlbertKa
Alley 
AyersLeaf
 Lomax
Block HouseLucile
Bloomer 
BoozyMabe
BynoMan
 Maness
CameronMann Ford
CedarcliffMiller Yard
Clinch RiverMorgan
Cornsville 
 Pennsand
Daniel BoonePeters
 Peterson Chapel
Early GrovePurchase
Ela 
 Quillinsville
Fido 
FlagpondRio Frio
FlatwoodsRocky Point
 Rouss
Gayle 
 Slant
Hale's MillSpeers Ferry
HardwoodSquare
HartsockStarnes
HillStile
Hills StationStock Creek
Hilton 
HodelValley Creek
Horton Summit 
 Wayland
Jennings MissionWelchburgh
JohnsonWhiteforge
  

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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