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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackstone have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone
- Blackstone is located in Nottoway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,304 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackstone <6>
Crewe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crewe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
- Crewe is located in Nottoway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <6>
Burkeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkeville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkeville
- Burkeville is located in Nottoway County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burkeville <6>
Earls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Earls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Earls is located in Amelia County
Lodore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lodore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
Paineville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
Masons Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
Rodophil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rodophil. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
Pilkinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pilkinton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
Spainville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spainville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Amelia County: www.ameliacova.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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).
<5>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.