Do you know of North Fork ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about North Fork. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with North Fork.

Our sources for North Fork (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of North Fork other than they indicate that North Fork would be found somewhere in Baxter County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1892.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named North Fork ...

We found 24 communities that share the name North Fork.

Within Arkansas, the name North Fork is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Fresno County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of North Fork [Fresno County].
  - Madera County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of North Fork [Madera County].
- Idaho
  - Lemhi County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of North Fork [Lemhi County].
- Kansas
  - Ellis County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of North Fork [Ellis County].
- Kentucky
  - Boyle County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of North Fork [Boyle County].
  - Mason County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of North Fork [Mason County].
- Mississippi
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of North Fork [Jefferson County].
- Missouri
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of North Fork [Monroe County].
- Montana
  - Blaine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of North Fork [Blaine County].
  - Chouteau County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of North Fork [Chouteau County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of North Fork [Elko County].
- North Carolina
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of North Fork [Orange County].
  - Watauga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of North Fork [Watauga County].
- Oregon
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of North Fork [Douglas County].
  - Umatilla County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of North Fork [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Butler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Fork [Butler County].
  - Potter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Fork [Potter County].
  - Tioga County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of North Fork [Tioga County].
- Tennessee
  - Henry County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of North Fork [Henry County].
- Texas
  - Harris County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of North Fork [Harris County].
- Virginia
  - Loudoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of North Fork [Loudoun County].
  - Smyth County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of North Fork [Smyth County].
  - Wise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of North Fork [Wise County].
- Wyoming
  - Fremont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of North Fork [Fremont County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Fork ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about North Fork:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for North Fork - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Baxter County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Baxter County.

Big North Fork	Ellis
Brooklyn
Buffalo	Gaitherville

Egypt	Pembina

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that North Fork could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/