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Census Data for Wells Fork

As far as we can tell, Wells Fork<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

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Breathitt County ...

Wells Fork is located in Breathitt County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Breathitt County.

Miscellaneous Information for Wells Fork ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Breathitt County or the community of Wells Fork:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Wells Fork:
    • GNIS ID for Wells Fork: 509337
    • GNIS ID for Breathitt County: 516859
    • GNIS ID for State of Kentucky: 1779786
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Wells Fork is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #6 (the East South-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Wells Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Wells Fork may originally have been Well's Fork. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wells Fork might be written as Well Fork. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Wells Fork.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Breathitt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.