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Welcome to Mountain Fork ...

Mountain Fork is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Fork, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Mountain Fork: Mtn. Fork

Mountain Fork is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Mountain Fork ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mountain Fork.

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 Mountain Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mountain Fork.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mountain Fork. 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 Mountain Fork.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountain Fork ...

Looking for more information about Mountain Fork? 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 Mountain Fork, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mountain Fork.

Adding Mountain Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mountain Fork in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mountain Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mountain Fork post office opened in 1858.

We also found Mountain Fork in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountain Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Fork - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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