Its actually where KY, VA and TN meet. Crazy history, you can almost feel it in the air. Important passage through the Appalachian's and its also a TINY town. You feel like you stepped back in time there!
Cumberland Gap From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a mountain pass in the United States. For other uses, see
Cumberland Gap (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with
Cumberland Narrows, a water gap in the Appalachian Mountains near Cumberland, Maryland.
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap in winter
Cumberland Gap (el. 1,600 ft (490 m)) is a pass through the
Cumberland Mountains region of the
Appalachian Mountains, also known as the
Cumberland Water Gap, at the junction of the U.S. states of
Tennessee,
Kentucky, and
Virginia. Famous in American history for its role as one key passageway through the lower central Appalachians, it was an important part of the
Wilderness Road and is now part of the
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Long used by Native Americans, the Cumberland Gap was brought to the attention of settlers in 1750 by Dr. Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician and explorer. The path was widened by a team of loggers led by
Daniel Boone, making it accessible to pioneers who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Cumberland Gap is located just north of the spot where the current-day states of
Kentucky,
Tennessee and
Virginia meet. The nearby town of
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee takes its name from the pass.
Cumberland Gap is a town in
Claiborne County,
Tennessee, near the
Cumberland Gap pass, the
Cumberland Gap Tunnel, and the
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The
population was 494 at the 2010 census.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a
total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all land.
yup yer a grow god, i seen this befor........
