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Do you know of Elk Fork ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elk Fork. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Elk Fork.<1>

Our sources for Elk Fork (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elk Fork other than they indicate that Elk Fork would be found somewhere in Jackson County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1857 and closed  in 1910.

Communities Also Named Elk Fork ...

We found one communities that share the name Elk Fork.

Within West Virginia, the name Elk Fork is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Elk Fork in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Vinton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elk Fork [Vinton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elk Fork ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elk Fork:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elk Fork - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Jackson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jackson County.

BakersJackson
Beaysville 
BrewsterKera Landing
Butlerville 
 Le Roy
Carthage 
ChaseMcClains
Crow SummitMurrayville
 Muses Bottom
Douglass 
DudeonNew Geneva
 North Hill
Emma 
 Piercy
Fisher's PointPortland
FlinnPostsville
Foster Chapel 
Frozen CampRavenswood Works
FrozencampRipling Waters
 Rock Castle
Grass Lick 
 Sandy
HarpersSayre
Hogg 
 Warren

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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