Welcome to Dry Fork ...Dry Fork is located in Barren County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dry Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. A typical abbreviation for Dry Fork: Dry Frk. Dry Fork is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dry Fork lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Dry Fork (for example, toward Monticello), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Dry Fork: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Dry Fork ...While we believe that this Dry Fork is located in Barren County, we know of another 3 Kentucky communities named Dry Fork. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jackson, Lawrence and Pike County. Beyond Kentucky, there are 9 communities that are also named Dry Fork - they are located in Montana, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dry Fork. Communities near Dry Fork ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dry 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 Dry Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dry Fork. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dry 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 Dry Fork. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Fork. See our Newspapers Page for Dry Fork. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dry Fork ...Looking for more information about Dry 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 Dry Fork, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dry Fork. Adding Dry Fork to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dry 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 Dry Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dry Fork. Footnotes ...
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