Census Data for Rourkes Gap

As far as we can tell, Rourkes Gap<1> 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 Rourkes Gap, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Tazewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tazewell is located in Tazewell County
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Cedar Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Tazewell County
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Richlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Richlands is located in Tazewell County
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War
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- War is located in McDowell County (WV)
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Gary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gary is located in McDowell County (WV)
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Anawalt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
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Saltville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Saltville is located in Smyth County
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Bradshaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bradshaw is located in McDowell County (WV)
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Pocahontas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
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Honaker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Honaker is located in Russell County
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Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Smyth County
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Bluefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluefield is located in Tazewell County
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- Bramwell
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  - Bramwell is located in Mercer County (WV)
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- Kimball
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  - Kimball is located in McDowell County (WV)
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- Welch
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  - Welch is located in McDowell County (WV)
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Tazewell County ...

Rourkes Gap is located in Tazewell County<3>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Rourkes 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 Tazewell County or the community of Rourkes Gap:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Rourkes Gap:
- GNIS ID for Rourkes Gap: 1499997
- GNIS ID for Tazewell County: 1497748
- 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: 185 (Tazewell County)
- Place Code: 69205 (Rourkes Gap)
- State & County Code: 51/185 (Virginia / Tazewell County)
- State & Place Code: 51/69205 (Virginia / Rourkes Gap)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Rourkes 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 Rourkes Gap.

Footnotes ...

<1>	It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Rourkes Gap may originally have been Rourke's Gap. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rourkes Gap might be written as Rourke Gap. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Rourkes Gap.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Tazewell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.