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Welcome to Fly Gap ...
So far, we have found very little information about Fly Gap. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fly Gap to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fly Gap, please Contact Us.
Fly Gap would have been located within present day Franklin County.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Fly Gap is 1,880 feet [573 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: The area where Fly Gap was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Fly Gap would have been located in the (479) area code.
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Communities near Fly Gap ...
The following is a sample of nearby communities. Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Fly Gap and not the distance if you drove.<3>.
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Fly Gap. |
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fly Gap. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fly Gap. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fly Gap.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fly Gap:
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Search for Local Businesses ... We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Fly Gap no longer exists, the following searches are centered on the area where it would have stood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.
If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fly Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fly Gap - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance that starts in Fly Gap. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fly Gap) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fly Gap. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7523, Longitude: -93.8052 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Fly Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).- Return to Citation |
| <4> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fly Gap. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Fly Gap.
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