Do you know of South Fork ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South 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 South Fork.<1>

Our sources for South 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 South Fork other than they indicate that South Fork would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1862.

Communities Also Named South Fork ...

We found 23 communities that share the name South Fork.

Within Iowa, the name South Fork is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Fulton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of South Fork [Fulton County].
- California
  - Butte County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of South Fork [Butte County].
  - Humboldt County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of South Fork [Humboldt County].
  - Madera County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of South Fork [Madera County].
  - Mendocino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of South Fork [Mendocino County].
  - Shasta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of South Fork [Shasta County].
- Colorado
  - Rio Grande County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of South Fork [Rio Grande County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of South Fork [Hillsborough County].
- Kentucky
  - Breathitt County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of South Fork [Breathitt County].
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of South Fork [Jackson County].
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of South Fork [Lincoln County].
  - Powell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of South Fork [Powell County].
- Missouri
  - Howell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of South Fork [Howell County].
- Montana
  - Flathead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of South Fork [Flathead County].
  - Lewis and Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of South Fork [Lewis and Clark County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of South Fork [Elko County].
- North Carolina
  - Forsyth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of South Fork [Forsyth County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Cambria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of South Fork [Cambria County].
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of South Fork.
- Tennessee
  - Dyer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of South Fork [Dyer County].
  - Lake County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of South Fork [Lake County].
- Texas
  - Hidalgo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of South Fork [Hidalgo County].
  - Jim Hogg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of South Fork [Jim Hogg County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Fork ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in Wayne 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 Wayne County.

Bentonville	Lewisburgh
Bethlehem	Lucerne
Buda
	Orlando
Grainville	Ovid
Grand River
	Selma
Kniffin
	Warsaw

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 South 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.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/