The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFancy Gap is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carroll County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fancy Gap had a population of 214.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 237 to 214 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fancy Gap yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fancy Gap’s history is told.
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1 historic place in Fancy Gap
1 place in Fancy Gap is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.