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Welcome to North Fork ...

So far, we found very little information about North Fork. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

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


North Fork would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

North Fork was founded in 1889.

A typical abbreviation for North Fork: N. Fork

While the community is gone, the present day location for North Fork is 6,120 feet [1,865 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of North Fork is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where North Fork was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where North Fork was located: 775

Communities Also Named North Fork ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named North Fork - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana (2), North Carolina (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (3) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near North Fork ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near North Fork.

  • Anderson ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Anderson is located in Elko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Deep Creek ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Deep Creek is located in Elko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Bruno City ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Bruno City is located in Elko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno City
  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cornucopia is located in Elko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
  • Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Rio Tinto is located in Elko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Tinto
  • Tuscarora
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around North Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Fork.

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

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

Adding North Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North 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 (so far) for North Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the North Fork post office opened in 1889. The North Fork post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about North Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Fork - 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.
<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/