Gap Mills
N 37° 34.057 W 080° 24.901
17S E 551660 N 4158003
A sign telling us how the area was named and some background information.
Waymark Code: WMQ8YA
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2016
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Gap Mills
Formerly Moss Hole, re-named for cut in Gap Mnt. & area grist mills in 1849. Wood's party in 1671 were first whites to view. Four Maxwell sisters' families settled in 1790: led 1835 formation of Carmel Presby, church. Gen. Hunter Spanish~American, War hero Andrew S. Rowan, physicist W. J. Humphreys: first WV Ruritan Club, 1949; and State Park designation, Moncove Lake, 1990.
Marker Title: Gap MIlls
Marker Location: east of RT 3
County or Independent City: Gap Mills
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Division of Archives and History, 2002
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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