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Pond Gap, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°16′41″N 81°16′43″W / 38.27806°N 81.27861°W / 38.27806; -81.27861
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Pond Gap, West Virginia
Pond Gap is located in West Virginia
Pond Gap
Pond Gap
Pond Gap is located in the United States
Pond Gap
Pond Gap
Coordinates: 38°16′41″N 81°16′43″W / 38.27806°N 81.27861°W / 38.27806; -81.27861
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyKanawha
Elevation
1,070 ft (330 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25160
Area code(s)304 & 681
GNIS feature ID1545129[1]

Pond Gap is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Pond Gap is 7 miles (11 km) north-northeast of Smithers. Pond Gap has a post office with ZIP code 25160.[2]

The community was so named on account of there being a pond and mountain pass near the original town site.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 500.