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Welcome to Flat Gap ...

Flat Gap is located in Wise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flat Gap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Flat Gap is 1,900 feet [579 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Flat Gap: 276

Communities Also Named Flat Gap ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Flat Gap - they are located in North Carolina and Tennessee (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flat Gap.

Communities near Flat Gap ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Norton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenkins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <3>
  • Cumberland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coeburn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Appalachia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Clintwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Pound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Flat Gap. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Flat Gap.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Flat Gap. 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 Flat Gap.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flat Gap ...

Looking for more information about Flat Gap? 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 Flat Gap, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Flat Gap.

Adding Flat Gap to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flat Gap 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 Flat Gap was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Flat Gap post office opened in 1888. The Flat Gap post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flat Gap.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flat Gap - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/