Do you know of Ball Gap ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ball 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 Ball Gap.<1>
Our sources for Ball Gap (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Ball Gap other than they indicate that Ball Gap would be found somewhere in Cabell County, West Virginia.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ball Gap ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ball Gap:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ball Gap - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Ball Gap.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/04132 (Place Name: Ball Gap)
County: Cabell (FIPS State/County: 54/011)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Cabell 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 Cabell County.
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. |