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Do you know of Horse Gap ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Horse Gap, so we are uncertain whether Horse Gap is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Horse Gap would be found somewhere in Wise County, Virginia.

More Orphans in  Wise 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 Wise County.

Band Mill 
BrashearsKelleyview
Butcher's ForkKellyview
 Kimbo
Cane Patch 
CoonseyeMud Lick Junction
Crossbrook 
 Norton
Dale Ridge 
DonkeyOrmond
Duncan GapOsborn Rock
  
ElvertonPilgrim
 Preacher
Gilly 
GladevilleRoaring Park
Guest's StationRoaringfork
 Russell Creek
Hanna 
HettieTasso
HobbsTuscola
Holton 
Honey BranchWentz
HutchinsonWild Cat Summit

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.
<2>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.