Flat Fork, Kentucky

Flat Fork is an unincorporated community within Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States.

Flat Fork
Flat Fork
Location within the state of Kentucky
Flat Fork
Flat Fork (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°50′16″N 83°1′43″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMagoffin
Elevation
919 ft (280 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41427
GNIS feature ID508006[1]

A post office was established in the community in 1934 and named for a fork in the nearby Little Paint Creek.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Fork, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 102. Retrieved 2013-04-28.



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