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Welcome to Wise Forks ...

Although we found mention of Wise Forks during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Wise Forks was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Wise Forks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wise Forks, please Contact Us.


The location of Wise Forks has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


A typical abbreviation for Wise Forks: Wise Frks.

Wise Forks is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Wise Forks might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Wise Forks would be found within the (252) area code.

Communities near Wise Forks ...

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

  • Kinston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinston
    • Kinston is located in Lenoir County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinston <4>
  • Ayden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ayden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayden
    • Ayden is located in Pitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ayden <4>
  • Grifton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • La Grange
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Grange have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
    • La Grange is located in Lenoir County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Grange <4>
  • Snow Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Snow Hill is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Hill <4>
  • Pink Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pink Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
    • Pink Hill is located in Lenoir County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pink Hill <4>
  • Hookerton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hookerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookerton
    • Hookerton is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hookerton <4>
  • Cove City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
    • Cove City is located in Craven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
  • Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Craven County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Trenton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wise Forks ...

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

The official website for Jones County: www.co.jones.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Wise Forks and then turned east". While Wise Forks could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Wise Forks as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Wise Forks could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wise Forks - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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