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Welcome to Five Forks ...

Five Forks is located in DeKalb County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Five Forks: Five Frks.

Five Forks is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Five Forks lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Five Forks (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Five Forks: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Five Forks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 50 communities that are also named Five Forks - they are located in Georgia (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (3), North Carolina (6), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (6), Tennessee (2), Virginia (17) and West Virginia (4).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Forks.

Communities near Five Forks ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Five Forks.

  • Albertville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Boaz
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <4>
  • Guntersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <4>
  • Rainsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Crossville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
  • Fyffe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Powell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
  • Grant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Five Forks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Forks.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Five Forks. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Forks.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Forks. See our Newspapers Page for Five Forks.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Five Forks ...

Looking for more information about Five Forks? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Five Forks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Five Forks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Five Forks - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Five Forks area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Five Forks area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.