Dry Fork, Kentucky

Dry Fork
Dry Fork
Location within the state of Kentucky
Dry Fork
Dry Fork (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°48′55″N 85°55′29″W / 36.81528°N 85.92472°W / 36.81528; -85.92472
Country United States
State Kentucky
CountyBarren
Elevation
820 ft (250 m)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
42123
GNIS feature ID507876[1]

Dry Fork (or Dryfork) is a rural unincorporated community in southern Barren County, Kentucky, United States.[1][2] Dry Fork is named for one of three forks of a local creek, which went dry in summer, located about "half a mile below Blue Spring at the Jacob Dillon old place".[3] Dry Fork had a post office from 1848 to 1943.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dry Fork". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Dry Fork Populated Place Profile / Barren County, Kentucky Data". kentucky.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Barren County Names Traced". The Glasgow Daily Times. November 14, 1965. p. 53. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  4. ^ "Area post offices trace long service". The Glasgow Daily Times. March 14, 1991. p. 15. Retrieved January 25, 2026.