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Welcome to Bottom Fork ...

Bottom Fork is located in Letcher County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bottom Fork: Bottom Frk.

Bottom Fork is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bottom Fork lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bottom Fork: 606

Communities near Bottom Fork ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Norton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Norton is located in Norton City (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,985 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton <3>
  • Wise
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wise is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,885 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wise <3>
  • Jenkins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Coeburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Appalachia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Clintwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clintwood is located in Dickenson County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,264 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clintwood <3>
  • Pound
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pound is located in Wise County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pound <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bottom Fork ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Letcher, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bottom 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.