Welcome to Fork Ridge ...Fork Ridge is located in Tazewell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fork Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929. A typical abbreviation for Fork Ridge: Fork Rdg. (or less commonly used: Fork Rdge. or Fork Ridg.) Fork Ridge is 2,320 feet [707 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Fork Ridge is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Fork Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Fork Ridge: 276 Communities Also Named Fork Ridge ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fork Ridge - it's located in Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fork Ridge. Communities near Fork Ridge ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fork Ridge.
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 Fork Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fork Ridge. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fork Ridge. 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 Fork Ridge. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fork Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Fork Ridge. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fork Ridge ...Looking for more information about Fork Ridge? 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 Fork Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fork Ridge. Adding Fork Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fork Ridge 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 Fork Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fork Ridge. Footnotes ...
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