Pickle Gap

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Pickle Gap is a pass in Faulkner County, Arkansas, in the United States. [1]

History

According to one account, the gap received its name when a container of pickles broke there while in transit. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickle Gap
  2. Gallant, Frank K. (2012). A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names. Courier Dover Publications. p. 3. ISBN   9780486483603.

Coordinates: 35°07′35″N92°24′03″W / 35.12647°N 92.40071°W / 35.12647; -92.40071