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Welcome to Sinking Fork ...Sinking Fork is located in Christian County<1>. The location of Sinking Fork has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> 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.<3>. Time Zone: Sinking Fork lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Sinking Fork: (270) Communities near Sinking Fork ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sinking 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 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 for Sinking Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Sinking Fork in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sinking Fork. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sinking Fork. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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