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Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap is a town in , United States. Its population was 313 at the 2020 census, and estimated to be 315 in 2023. The town is located below the , a historic mountain pass for which is the town's namesake, and inside of the boundaries of .
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  • Type: Village with 443 residents
  • Description: town in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Cumberland Gap, Tennessee” and “Cumberland Gap, TN”
  • Postal code: 37724

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cumberland Gap and Gap Cave.

Mountain saddle
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The is a pass in the eastern through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the and near the of , , and .

Cave
is located just underneath Pinnacle Overlook in the , Claiborne County, TN. The entrance to the cave is at the tristate area of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky, just over the border into Virginia.

Peak
is a mountain located in the , near the "saddle" of the gap. It gets its name from being on the of the state of , , and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrogate and Shawanee.

Town
Photo: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the largest city in , United States. It is adjacent to . The community has been known as "Harrogate" since the 19th century, but did not incorporate by that name until 1993. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Cumberland Gap.

Neighborhood
Harrogate is the largest city in , United States. It is adjacent to . The community has been known as "Harrogate" since the 19th century, but did not incorporate by that name until 1993. is situated 2 miles southeast of Cumberland Gap.

Town
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is a home rule-class city in , United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S. census, while its micropolitan area had a population of 69,060. is situated 2½ miles west of Cumberland Gap.

Cumberland Gap

Latitude
36.59953° or 36° 35′ 58″ north
Longitude
-83.66853° or 83° 40′ 7″ west
Population
443
Elevation
1,299 feet (396 metres)
Open location code
868RH8XJ+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154209889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4616691
Wiki­data ID
Q2796951
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cumberland Gap” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كمبرلاند غاب”
  • Basque: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Catalan: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Cebuano: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Chechen: “Камберленд-Геп”
  • Chinese: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Dutch: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كمبرلاند جاب”
  • French: “Cumberland Gap”
  • German: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Gilaki: “کامبرلند گپ (تنسي)”
  • Gilaki: “کامبرلند گپ”
  • Haitian: “Cumberland Gap, Tennessee”
  • Haitian: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Hungarian: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Ido: “Cumberland Gap, Tennessee”
  • Ido: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Italian: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Ladin: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Norwegian: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Persian: “کامبرلند گپ”
  • Polish: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Portuguese: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Serbian: “Камберланд Гап”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cumberland Gap, Tennessee”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Spanish: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Tatar: “Камберленд-Геп”
  • Ukrainian: “Камберленд-Геп”
  • Uzbek: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Volapük: “Cumberland Gap”
  • Welsh: “Cumberland Gap, Tennessee”
  • Welsh: “Cumberland Gap”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cumberland Gap Post Office and Cumberland Gap Volunteer Fire Department.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cumberland Gap”. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.