Pond Gap, West Virginia

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|subdivision_name2 = Kanawha

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 25160

|area_code = 304 & 681

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Pond Gap is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Pond Gap is {{convert|7|mi|km}} north-northeast of Smithers. Pond Gap has a post office with ZIP code 25160.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=25160&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]

The community was so named on account of there being a pond and mountain pass near the original town site.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=526;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=500}}