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Welcome to Mashfork ...

Mashfork is located in Magoffin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mashfork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Mashfork is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mashfork: 606

Communities near Mashfork ...

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

  • Paintsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Prestonsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • West Liberty
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Salyersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Martin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Allen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
  • Lakeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
  • Oil Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
  • Wheelersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wheelersburg is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelersburg
  • Asa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Asa is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asa

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mashfork ...

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

Adding Mashfork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mashfork 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 Mashfork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mashfork post office opened in 1922. The Mashfork post office closed in 1988.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mashfork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Magoffin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mashfork - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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