Welcome to Five Forks ...
So far, we found very little information about Five Forks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Five Forks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Five Forks, please Contact Us.
Five Forks would have been located within present day Amelia County<2>.
A typical abbreviation for Five Forks: Five Frks.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Five Forks is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Five Forks was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Five Forks was located: 804 & 686<4>
Communities Also Named Five Forks ...
While we believe that this Five Forks is located in Amelia County, we know of another 16 Virginia communities named Five Forks. Those communities are located in the following counties: Amherst, Bedford, Carroll, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Halifax, Hopewell City, James City, Lunenburg, Madison, Mecklenburg, Nelson, Patrick, Prince Edward and Rappahannock County.
Beyond Virginia, there are 50 communities that are also named Five Forks - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (3), North Carolina (6), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (6), Tennessee (2) and West Virginia (4).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Five Forks.
Communities near Five Forks ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Five Forks.
- Blackstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crewe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burkeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Lodore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Paineville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Masons Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Rodophil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Pilkinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Spainville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
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 Five Forks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Forks.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Five Forks. 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 Five Forks.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Forks. See our Newspapers Page for Five Forks.
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 Five Forks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amelia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Five Forks - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Five Forks area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Five Forks area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
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