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Welcome to Three Forks ...

Three Forks is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Three Forks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Three Forks: Three Frks.

Three Forks is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Three Forks: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Three Forks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Three Forks: This one is located in Warren County and the other is located in Garrard County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 28 communities that are also named Three Forks - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado, Georgia (2), Idaho, Montana (3), New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee (2), Utah (3), Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wyoming (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Three Forks.

Communities near Three Forks ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bowling Green is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
    • Former names for Bowling Green:
    • Bolin Green
    • McFadden's Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
  • Glasgow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Scottsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Cave City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Smiths Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Park City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Plum Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Plum Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
  • Woodburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodburn is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
  • Oakland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oakland is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Three Forks ...

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

Adding Three Forks to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Three Forks post office opened in 1879. The Three Forks post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Three Forks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Three Forks - 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 Three Forks area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Three Forks 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/