Deep Gap, North Carolina

Deep Gap
—  Unincorporated  —
Deep Gap Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°14′13″N 81°30′44″W / 36.23694°N 81.51222°W / 36.23694; -81.51222Coordinates: 36°14′13″N 81°30′44″W / 36.23694°N 81.51222°W / 36.23694; -81.51222
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Watauga County
Elevation	3,002 ft (915 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	28618
Area code(s)	828
GNIS feature ID	984078[1]

Deep Gap is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The community is named after the natural gap, called Deep Gap, at Fire Scale Mountain, where the Blue Ridge Parkway crosses over US 421. Influential guitar player Doc Watson was born in Deep Gap, where he still makes his home.

History

Daniel Boone spent a good part of his life in and around Deep Gap, traveling through an area known as Triplett (now part of the Deep Gap postal service area). In 1887, the Gap Creek Baptist Church was established.^[2]

See also

• Powder Horn Mountain
• Tomkins Knob

References

1. ^ "Deep Gap, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:984078. Retrieved 2011-09-10. 
2. ^ "Gap Creek Baptist Church". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:985542. Retrieved 2011-09-10.