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Welcome to Forked Deer ...

Forked Deer is located in Haywood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forked Deer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

Forked Deer is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forked Deer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Forked Deer, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Forked Deer: 731

Communities near Forked Deer ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forked Deer.

  • Dyersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Elizabeth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
  • Brownsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ripley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Bells
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bells is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bells <3>
  • Alamo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Alamo is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamo <3>
  • Halls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Bruceville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
  • Bradford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradford is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
  • Henning
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Forked Deer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forked Deer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forked Deer ...

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

Adding Forked Deer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Forked Deer post office opened in 1859. The Forked Deer post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forked Deer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forked Deer - 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/