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Census Data for Flat Gap

As far as we can tell, Flat Gap has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Flat Gap, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Pound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jenkins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fleming - Neon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
  • Wise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Norton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Appalachia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lynch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Stone Gap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Clintwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Benham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Blackey is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
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    • Coeburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cumberland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Wheelwright
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Wheelwright is located in Floyd County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright

Wise County ...

Flat Gap is located in Wise County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Wise County.

Miscellaneous Information for Flat Gap ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Wise County or the community of Flat Gap:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Flat Gap:
    • GNIS ID for Flat Gap: 1494926
    • GNIS ID for Wise County: 1496656
    • GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 51 (Virginia)
    • County Code: 195 (Wise County)
    • Place Code: 28208 (Flat Gap)
    • State & County Code: 51/195 (Virginia / Wise County)
    • State & Place Code: 51/28208 (Virginia / Flat Gap)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Flat Gap is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Flat Gap.

Footnotes ...

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<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.