Fork Mountain, Tennessee
Unincorporated area in Tennessee, United States
36°07′36″N 84°25′12″W / 36.12667°N 84.42000°W / 36.12667; -84.42000Fork Mountain, Tennessee, is a former coal mining camp, located on Tennessee State Route 116 and the New River, at the Morgan County-Anderson County line. Petros is 4.2 miles to the south. Frozen Head State Park is nearby with the park boundary including part of the Morgan County portion of the old town. The town was the site of at least six underground mines, a school, a railroad siding, and a sizable population in the early 1950s, but by 1980 these had all been dismantled as were most of the homes in the town. Fork Mountain was served by the Devonia post office, which was established in 1920 and closed in 1975.[1] Fork Mountain is also the birthplace of Ohio State Senator Bill Harris.
References
- ^ Frazier, D.R. (1984) Tennessee Post Offices and Postmaster Appointments 1789-1984, Dover, Tennessee: self-published.
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Municipalities and communities of Anderson County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Clinton
communities
- Beech Grove
- Belmont
- Bethel
- Braytown
- Buffalo
- Claxton
- Devonia
- Fork Mountain
- Fraterville
- Heiskell‡
- King Arthur Court‡
- Marlow
- Medford
- Stainville
neighborhoods
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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