Welcome to Browns Fork ...
Browns Fork is located in Perry County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Browns Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1946.
A typical abbreviation for Browns Fork: Browns Frk.
See our Genealogy Helper Page for Browns Fork for more information about variations on the name of Browns Fork.
Browns Fork is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Browns Fork lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Browns Fork: 606
Communities near Browns Fork ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Browns Fork.
- Hindman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hyden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vicco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vicco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Blackey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Buckhorn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Buckhorn is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckhorn <3>
- Busy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Busy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Butterfly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Butterfly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
- Yerkes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes
- Yerkes is located in Perry County
- Bulan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulan
- Bulan is located in Perry County
- Jeff
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Jeff is located in Perry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeff <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 Browns Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Browns Fork.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Browns 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 Browns Fork.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns Fork. See our Newspapers Page for Browns Fork.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Browns Fork ...
Looking for more information about Browns 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 Browns Fork, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Browns Fork.
Adding Browns Fork to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Browns 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 Browns Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Browns Fork post office opened in 1946.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Browns Fork.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Browns 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/ |