Do you know of Roaring Gap ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Roaring 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 Roaring Gap.<1>

Our sources for Roaring 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 Roaring Gap other than they indicate that Roaring Gap would be found somewhere in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1855 and closed  in 1912.

Communities Also Named Roaring Gap ...

We found one communities that share the name Roaring Gap.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Roaring Gap.

Beyond North Carolina.

• Communities Located In North Carolina ...
  • Alleghany County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roaring Gap [Alleghany County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Roaring Gap ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Wilkes 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 Wilkes County.