Welcome to Forkland ...So far, we found very little information about Forkland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Forkland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Forkland, please Contact Us. Forkland would have been located within present day Nottoway County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Forkland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. While the community is gone, the present day location for Forkland is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Forkland was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Forkland was located: 434 Communities Also Named Forkland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Forkland - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forkland. Communities near Forkland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forkland.
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 Forkland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forkland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forkland. 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 Forkland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forkland. See our Newspapers Page for Forkland. Adding Forkland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Forkland in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Forkland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Forkland. Footnotes ...
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