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Welcome to East Fork ...

East Fork is located in Sevier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for East Fork: E. Fork

East Fork is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for East Fork: 865

Communities Also Named East Fork ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named East Fork - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Kentucky (2), Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near East Fork ...

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

  • Kodak
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clevenger
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Cook Mill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Sevierville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Seymour Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Jefferson City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Newport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pigeon Forge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Harrisburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
  • Gatlinburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Fork ...

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

Adding East Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 East Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the East Fork post office opened in 1878. The East Fork post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sevier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Fork - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/