Skinners Gap

Skinners Gap (elevation: 650 feet (200 m)) is a mountain pass in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1]

Skinners Gap most likely was named after a local pioneer settler.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skinners Gap
  2. 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. 583.


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