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Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, U.S.

Doubling Gap is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

History

The community takes its name from a nearby, unusually-shaped mountain pass. As early as 1820, a mineral spa resort operated at Doubling Gap. A post office at Doubling Gap operated seasonally in the summers from 1919 until 1927.

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)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Carlisle
Boroughs	Camp Hill Carlisle Lemoyne Mechanicsburg Mount Holly Springs New Cumberland Newburg Newville Shippensburg‡ Shiremanstown Wormleysburg
Townships	Cooke Dickinson East Pennsboro Hampden Hopewell Lower Allen Lower Frankford Lower Mifflin Middlesex Monroe North Middleton North Newton Penn Shippensburg Silver Spring South Middleton South Newton Southampton Upper Allen Upper Frankford Upper Mifflin West Pennsboro
CDPs	Boiling Springs Carlisle Barracks Enola Lower Allen Messiah College New Kingstown Plainfield Schlusser Shippensburg University West Fairview
Other communities	Bloserville Bowmansdale Caprivi Doubling Gap Entlerville Grantham Hogestown Lisburn Shepherdstown Sporting Hill Summerdale Walnut Bottom Wertzville West Hill Williams Grove
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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40°16′50″N 77°25′09″W / 40.28056°N 77.41917°W / 40.28056; -77.41917

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