Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Chestnut Gap (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Chestnut Gap. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Chestnut Gap is located in Owsley County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Owsley County : Breathitt , Clay , Jackson & Lee .
Below are the counties that are near Chestnut Gap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chestnut Gap:
Owsley County (The home county of Chestnut Gap)
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Booneville (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Lerose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Southfork (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Pebworth (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Ricetown (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Sebastian (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Vincent (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Travellers Rest (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Island City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Mistletoe (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Jetts Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Copebranch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Oakdale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Chenowee (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Whick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Frozen Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Jackson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Wolverine (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Kragon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Quicksand (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Vancleve (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Vancleve is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve Lost Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Teges (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Sextons Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Oneida (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Oneida is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Laurel Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Barcreek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Burning Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Fall Rock (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Eriline (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Sidell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Big Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Benge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Fogertown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Lynch Town (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Miller's Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Wagersville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Furnace (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Ravenna (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Irvine (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Locust Branch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Witt Springs (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Witt Springs is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs Winston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Winston is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Tyner (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Gray Hawk (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk Foxtown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown McKee (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Annville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Waneta (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Dabolt (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Sandgap (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Peoples (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Kerby Knob (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Laurel County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Greenmount (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Bush (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Bush is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Marydell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Marydell is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell Lake (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lake is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Maplesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Maplesville is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Lone (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tallega (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Idamay (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Beattyville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Saint Helens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Athol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Heidelberg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Primrose (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Fincastle (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Vada (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Williba (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Zoe (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Sizerock (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Confluence (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Bear Branch (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Thousandsticks (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Hyden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Wooton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Wendover (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Essie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Stinnett (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Roark (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Hoskinston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Smilax (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Panola (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Duluth (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Brassfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Brassfield is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield Bighill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Dreyfus (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Magoffin County
Netty (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Morgan County
Maytown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Buckhorn (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Gays Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Saul (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Chavies (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Krypton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Busy (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Busy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Yerkes (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Yerkes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes Dice (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Stacy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Butterfly (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Bonnyman (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Avawam (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Barker Branch (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch South Fork (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Slade (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Knowlton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Cat Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Pecks Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Pecks Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek Rosslyn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Rosslyn is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn Hatton Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hatton Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek North Bend (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
North Bend is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend Stanton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Vaughns Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughns Mill Upper Cane (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Upper Cane is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Mary (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Bethany (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Campton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Rogers (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Pine Ridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Lexie (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Valeria (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Valeria is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria Belknap (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Hazel Green (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Lee City (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Toliver (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Toliver is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver Helechawa (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chestnut Gap, see our County-by-County Page for Chestnut Gap .
Cemeteries Near Chestnut Gap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chestnut Gap.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Chestnut Gap - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chestnut Gap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Shepherd Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Cemetery The Shepherd Cemetery has also been known as:
Shepherd Memorial Cemetery Moore Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Howard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
McIntosh Family Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Lerose Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
McIntire Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire Cemetery The McIntire Cemetery has also been known as:
Manious, McIntire & Dooley Cemetery McIntosh Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Griffith Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Esau - Gabbard Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esau - Gabbard Cemetery The Esau - Gabbard Cemetery has also been known as:
Gabbard Branch Cemetery Henry Gabbard / James Cole Cemetery Indian Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cowcreek Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Callahan Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Pendergrass Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (571 more) ...
Burns Family Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Wilson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Noble Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Chestnut Gap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chestnut Gap.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chestnut Gap, with the one closest to Chestnut Gap listed first.
Eversole (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Eversole is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversole Southfork (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Conkling (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Conkling is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Sebastian (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Sturgeon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Sturgeon is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Jetts Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Tallega (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Travellers Rest (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Island City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Beattyville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Proctor (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Proctor is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor Copebranch (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Continue List (17 more) ...
Athol (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Saint Helens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Monica (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Monica is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chestnut Gap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chestnut Gap .
Newspapers Published in Chestnut Gap ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chestnut Gap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chestnut Gap, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Chestnut Gap.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Chestnut Gap:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Owsley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Clay County Estill County Jackson County Laurel County Lee County Leslie County Madison County Magoffin County Morgan County Perry County Powell County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chestnut Gap. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Chestnut Gap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chestnut Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.