Do you know of Five Forks ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Five Forks. 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 Five Forks.

We found mention of Five Forks as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

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.

Communities Also Named Five Forks ...

We found 50 communities that share the name Five Forks.

There are sixteen communities within Virginia that are also named Five Forks.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Amelia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Amelia County].
- Amherst County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Amherst County].
- Bedford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Bedford County].
- Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Carroll County].
- Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Chesterfield County].
- Dinwiddie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Dinwiddie County].
- Fairfax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Fairfax County].
- Halifax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Halifax County].
- Hopewell City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Hopewell City].
- James City County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [James City County].
- Lunenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Lunenburg County].
- Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Madison County].
- Nelson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Nelson County].
- Patrick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Patrick County].
- Prince Edward County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Prince Edward County].
- Rappahannock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Five Forks [Rappahannock County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - DeKalb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Five Forks [DeKalb County].
- Georgia
  - Bartow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Five Forks [Bartow County].
  - Clarke 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 Georgia community of Five Forks [Clarke County].
  - Gwinnett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Five Forks [Gwinnett County].
  - Thomas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Five Forks [Thomas County].
- Kentucky
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Five Forks [Lawrence County].
- Louisiana
  - Winn Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Five Forks [Winn Parish].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Five Forks [Baltimore County].
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Five Forks [Frederick County].
  - Harford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Five Forks [Harford County].
- North Carolina
  - Person County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Five Forks [Person County].
  - Robeson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Five Forks [Robeson County].
  - Rowan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Five Forks [Rowan County].
  - Stokes 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 North Carolina community of Five Forks [Stokes County].
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Five Forks [Warren County].
  - Yadkin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Five Forks [Yadkin County].
- Ohio
  - Columbiana County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Five Forks [Columbiana County].
  - Guernsey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Five Forks [Guernsey County].
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Five Forks [Lawrence County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bedford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Five Forks [Bedford County].
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Five Forks [Fayette County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Five Forks [Franklin County].
- South Carolina
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Five Forks [Anderson County].
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Five Forks [Chesterfield County].
  - Dillon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Five Forks [Dillon County].
  - Greenville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Five Forks [Greenville County].
  - Marlboro County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Five Forks [Marlboro County].
  - Pickens County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Five Forks [Pickens County].
- Tennessee
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Five Forks [Decatur County].
  - Hardin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Five Forks [Hardin County].
- West Virginia
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Five Forks [Calhoun County].
  - Preston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Five Forks [Preston County].
  - Ritchie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Five Forks [Ritchie County].
  - Upshur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Five Forks [Upshur County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Five Forks ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Five Forks - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Mecklenburg County ...

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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 Mecklenburg County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Five Forks 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.