Welcome to Elk Fork ...Elk Fork is located in Vinton County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. A typical abbreviation for Elk Fork: Elk Frk. Elk Fork is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Elk Fork lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Elk Fork: 740 & 220<3> Communities Also Named Elk Fork ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elk Fork - it's located in West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elk Fork. Communities near Elk Fork ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk Fork.
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 Elk Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elk Fork. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elk 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 Elk Fork. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elk Fork. See our Newspapers Page for Elk Fork. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Fork ...Looking for more information about Elk Fork? 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 Elk Fork, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk Fork. Adding Elk Fork to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elk 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 Elk Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk Fork. Footnotes ...
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