Doubling Gap, Pennsylvania

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Doubling Gap is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1]

History

The community takes its name from a nearby, unusually-shaped mountain pass. [2] As early as 1820, a mineral spa resort operated at Doubling Gap. [3] A post office at Doubling Gap operated seasonally in the summers from 1919 until 1927. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doubling Gap
  2. ↑ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 301. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.
  3. ↑ Hain, Harry Harrison (1922). History of Perry County, Pennsylvania. Hain-Moore Company. p. 27.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doubling Gap Post Office (historical)

Coordinates: 40°16′50″N77°25′09″W / 40.28056°N 77.41917°W / 40.28056; -77.41917

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