Welcome to Five Forks ...Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Five Forks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. A typical abbreviation for Five Forks: Five Frks. Five Forks is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Five Forks lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Five Forks: 434 Communities Also Named Five Forks ...While we believe that this Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County, we know of another 16 Virginia communities named Five Forks. Those communities are located in the following counties: Amelia, Amherst, Bedford, Carroll, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Fairfax, Halifax, Hopewell City, James City, Lunenburg, Madison, Mecklenburg, Nelson, Patrick 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Five Forks ...Looking for more information about Five Forks? 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 Five Forks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Five Forks. Adding Five Forks to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Five Forks 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 for Five Forks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Five Forks in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Five Forks. Footnotes ...
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