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Welcome to Watergap ...

Watergap is located in Floyd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Watergap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Watergap is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Watergap lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Watergap: 606

Communities near Watergap ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watergap.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Watergap. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watergap.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Watergap. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Watergap.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watergap. See our Newspapers Page for Watergap.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Watergap ...

Looking for more information about Watergap? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Watergap, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Watergap.

Adding Watergap to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Watergap in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Watergap was on a map titled Map of Kentucky (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Watergap.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Watergap - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.