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Welcome to Mill Gap ...

Mill Gap is located in Highland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mill Gap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Mill Gap is 2,530 feet [771 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Mill Gap is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Mill Gap: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Mill Gap ...

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

  • Durbin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Durbin is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durbin <4>
  • Monterey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadowdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowdale is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
  • Bolar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bolar is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolar
  • Hightown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hightown is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
  • Clover Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clover Creek is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
  • Arbovale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Bank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Burnsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Burnsville is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
  • Frost
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Frost is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mill Gap ...

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

Adding Mill Gap to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mill 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 Mill Gap was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mill Gap post office opened in 1853. The Mill Gap post office closed in 1967.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Highland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mill Gap - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Mill Gap area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Mill Gap area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/