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Census Data for Bobs Fork

As far as we can tell, Bobs Fork<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

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Leslie County ...

Bobs Fork is located in Leslie County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Leslie County.

Miscellaneous Information for Bobs Fork ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Leslie County or the community of Bobs Fork:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Bobs Fork:
    • GNIS ID for Bobs Fork: 2091389
    • GNIS ID for Leslie County: 516912
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Bobs Fork is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Bobs Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Bobs Fork may originally have been Bob's Fork. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bobs Fork might be written as Bob Fork. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Bobs Fork.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Leslie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.