Doubling Gap, Pennsylvania

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]

References

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

40°16′50″N 77°25′09″W / 40.28056°N 77.41917°W / 40.28056; -77.41917

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[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)

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