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Welcome to Forkton ...

Forkton is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forkton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Forkton is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forkton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Forkton (for example, toward Monticello), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Forkton: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Forkton ...

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

  • Thompsons Store
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompsons Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
    • Tompkinsville is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tompkinsville <5>
  • Edmonton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmonton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonton
    • Edmonton is located in Metcalfe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonton <5>
  • Burkesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkesville
    • Burkesville is located in Cumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burkesville <5>
  • Celina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Boiling Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Boiling Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Boiling Springs
    • Red Boiling Springs is located in Macon County (TN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Boiling Springs <5>
  • Gamaliel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fountain Run
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mount Hermon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hestand
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hestand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hestand
    • Hestand is located in Monroe County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hestand
    • From Forkton to Hestand

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forkton ...

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

Adding Forkton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Forkton 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 Forkton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Forkton post office opened in 1883.

We also found Forkton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forkton.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forkton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forkton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Forkton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Forkton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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