Cumberland Gap

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historic site mountain pass

Cumberland Gap is a historic mountain pass in the Appalachian region of the United States that served as a key route for westward expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Cumberland Gap canonical 8
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee 3
Cumberland Gap mountain pass 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
connects Kentucky ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crosses Cumberland Mountain (ridge) ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland Mountain
culturalSignificance subject of American folk song "Cumberland Gap" ⓘ
symbol of American frontier ⓘ
discoveredBy European Americans in 18th century ⓘ
elevation approximately 1660 feet ⓘ
approximately 506 meters ⓘ
exploredBy Daniel Boone ⓘ
geologicalType water gap ⓘ
hasDesignation National Historical Park feature ⓘ
hasFeature Cumberland Gap Tunnel (nearby modern route) ⓘ
hasTransportationRoute U.S. Route 25W ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Route 25E (historically)
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Cumberland Mountains ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

border of Kentucky ⓘ
border of Tennessee ⓘ
border of Virginia ⓘ
eastern United States ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
mountainRange Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Cumberland Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
near Cumberland Gap self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

Middlesboro, Kentucky ⓘ
partOf Cumberland Gap National Historical Park ⓘ
Wilderness Road route ⓘ
region Appalachia ⓘ
surface form: Southern Appalachians
significantEvent American westward migration through Appalachians ⓘ
Civil War military movements ⓘ
traversedBy Wilderness Road ⓘ
usedBy Native American trails prior to European settlement ⓘ
pioneers ⓘ
settlers moving into Kentucky and the Ohio Valley ⓘ
usedFor frontier travel ⓘ
migration route ⓘ
wagon road ⓘ
westward expansion ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cumberland Mountains → contains → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
Cumberland Mountains → manages → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
subject surface form: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Tennessee–Kentucky border → adjacentTo → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
Roxboro, North Carolina → originalName → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moccasin Gap
Cumberland Mountain (ridge) → contains → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
Cumberland Gap → near → Cumberland Gap self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park → locatedIn → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park → protects → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumberland Gap mountain pass
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park → nearestCity → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Lee County, Virginia → hasBorderFeature → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
Kentucky frontier → hasKeyPlace → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
eastern Kentucky → contains → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Kentucky
this entity surface form: Cumberland Gap region
Claiborne County, Tennessee → contains → Cumberland Gap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
Lonnie Donegan → notableWork → Cumberland Gap ⓘ