Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Colwyn Avenue in Cumberland Gap Colwyn Avenue in Cumberland Gap Location of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Location of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Cumberland Gap is a town in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States.
Its populace was 494 at the 2010 census. The town is positioned near the Cumberland Gap, a historic mountain pass for which the town is named, and is surrounded on all sides by the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
Most of the downtown region is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Cumberland Gap Historic District.
In 1888, a work camp was established at Cumberland Gap by Scottish-born entrepreneur Alexander Arthur (1846 1912) to home workers needed to build a tunnel for the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad.
Arthur, who was attempting to establish a large-scale iron manufacturing operation in the Cumberland Gap region, established the close-by cities of Middlesboro, Kentucky, and Harrogate, Tennessee, and the close-by improve of Arthur. Cumberland Gap is positioned at 36 35 56 N 83 40 2 W (36.598976, -83.667318). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all land.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $40,625.
There are no schools in the town limits, but Cumberland Gap High School positioned southwest of Harrogate, Tennessee, is in Cumberland Gap's 37724 zip code.
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities and Counties, State of Tennessee official website, 14 July 2011.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Municipalities and communities of Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States Cumberland Gap New Tazewell Tazewell This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Towns in Claiborne County, Tennessee - Towns in Tennessee
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