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Welcome to Gum Fork ...

Gum Fork is located in Gloucester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gum Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for Gum Fork: Gum Frk.

Gum Fork is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gum Fork lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gum Fork: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Gum Fork ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gum Fork.

  • Newport News
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Williamsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Urbanna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Ark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Ark is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ark
  • Ordinary
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oaktree
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oaktree is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree
  • Barlows Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Barlows Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlows Corner
  • Charles Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Charles Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Corner
  • Crab
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Crab is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab

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 Gum Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gum Fork.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gum Fork. 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 Gum Fork.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gum Fork. See our Newspapers Page for Gum Fork.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gum Fork ...

Looking for more information about Gum Fork? 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 Gum Fork, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gum Fork.

Adding Gum Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gum Fork 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 Gum Fork was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gum Fork post office opened in 1914. The Gum Fork post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gum Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Gloucester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gum Fork - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Gum Fork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Gum Fork area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/