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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Black's Gap ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Franklin 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 Franklin County.

AfricaLetterkenny
AltodaleLibonia
Amberson's ValleyLong's Station
AntietamLoudon
Aula 
 Marsh
BeautifulMiddleburg
Big SpringMount Parnel
Blackgap 
Blue RidgeNew Guilford
Brookside 
Buena Vista SpringRichmond
Buena VistaRowzersville
 Ryder's
Carrick 
Cleversburg JunctionSouthampton
ConcocheagueState Line Station
CosytownStenger
CromerStewarts
 Stone Bridge
DelkStonehenge
 Summit
FiveforksSunbeam
Foltz 
Font HillTartown
Freys 
 Warren Point
GoodWeltys
 Woods
Jackson Hall 
 Zion
LehmastersZumbro

Footnotes ...

<1>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.