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Welcome to First Fork ...

First Fork is located in Cameron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of First Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

A typical abbreviation for First Fork: First Frk.

First Fork is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: First Fork lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for First Fork: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near First Fork ...

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

  • Emporium
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Renovo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Austin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • South Renovo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • South Renovo is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Renovo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Driftwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cameron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cameron is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Hammersley Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
  • Huntley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntley is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
  • Wyside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Wyside is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyside
  • Mix Run
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mix Run is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mix Run

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for First Fork ...

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

Adding First Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the First Fork post office opened in 1860. The First Fork post office closed in 1938.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Cameron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around First Fork - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the First Fork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the First Fork 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/