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Welcome to Sinking Fork ...

Sinking Fork is located in Christian County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sinking Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

A typical abbreviation for Sinking Fork: Sinking Frk.

Sinking Fork is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sinking Fork: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Sinking Fork ...

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

  • Hopkinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Princeton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cadiz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Dawson Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Nortonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pembroke
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crofton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Charles
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • LaFayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bainbridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bainbridge is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sinking Fork ...

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

Adding Sinking Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sinking 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 Sinking Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sinking Fork post office opened in 1864. The Sinking Fork post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sinking Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Christian, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sinking Fork - 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 Sinking Fork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Sinking Fork area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/