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Welcome to Forkville ...

Forkville is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forkville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Forkville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Forkville: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Forkville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Forkville - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Forkville ...

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

  • Forest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Morton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelahatchie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Polkville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Polkville is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Lena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Clifton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clifton is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Kalem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kalem is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
  • Ludlow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ludlow is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
  • Raworth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Raworth is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forkville ...

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

Adding Forkville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Forkville post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forkville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forkville - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Forkville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Forkville 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/