Census Data for Short Gap
As far as we can tell, Short Gap 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 Short Gap, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Carpendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Ridgeley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frostburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lonaconing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Keyser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westernport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wellersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Piedmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Luke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
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- Romney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Callimont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Callimont is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callimont
- Paw Paw
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Mineral County ...
Short Gap is located in Mineral County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mineral County.
Miscellaneous Information for Short 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 Mineral County or the community of Short Gap:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Short Gap:
- GNIS ID for Short Gap: 1546727
- GNIS ID for Mineral County: 1717890
- GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Short 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 Short Gap.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Mineral, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |