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Pennington Gap is a mountain pass named for an early settler. The town came into existence with the extension of the Louisville and Nashville railroad in 1890 and was incorporated in 1891. Standing on a short-cut highway to eastern Kentucky, it is a center for an extensive coal-mining region.
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Pennington Gap, Virginia · United States
