Welcome to Lake Fork ...Lake Fork is located in Valley County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1934. A typical abbreviation for Lake Fork: Lk. Fork Lake Fork is 4,970 feet [1,515 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lake Fork is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Lake Fork lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Lake Fork (for example, toward Halfway (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). Area Codes for Lake Fork: 208 & 986<3> The ZIP code for Lake Fork: 83635<4> Communities Also Named Lake Fork ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Lake Fork - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Fork. Communities near Lake Fork ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake 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 Lake Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Fork. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake 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 Lake Fork. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Fork. See our Newspapers Page for Lake Fork. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Fork ...Looking for more information about Lake 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Lake Fork, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Fork. Adding Lake Fork to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lake 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 (so far) for Lake Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Fork. Footnotes ...
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