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Flatgap, Kentucky
Flatgap, Kentucky

Flatgap is a Johnson county community about 11 miles northeast of Paintsville on Lower Laurel Creek. The name comes from the divide between Lower Laurel Creek and Mudlick Creek.

A Flat Gap post office opened in 1873 and by 1894 was spelled Flatgap.

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