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History · Greens Fork

Greens Fork’s post office opened in 1828, and 57% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Greens Fork began

When was Greens Fork founded?

1828

The Greens Fork post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 335198 years
Founding year: the first Greens Fork post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Greens Fork’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Greens Fork are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Greens Fork’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Greens Fork.
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The story

How Greens Fork came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Greens Fork.

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The town of Greens Fork derives its name from the Greens Fork river on which it is situated. Both the river and the town get their name from a Delaware Indian

named Johnny Green. The Greens Fork post office has been in operation since 1828.

In 2002, the town constructed a central wastewater treatment plant, sanitary sewer collection system and lift station to pump sewage to the treatment plant. The plant is rated at 40,000 gallons per day, and discharges its treated water to the Greens Fork River.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Greens Fork, 1828 to 1940

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Greens Fork post office opens
  3. 1877Born hereEli Cates is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940Born hereLanny Harris is born here
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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Greens Fork

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Eli CatesAmerican baseball player · b. 1877
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Lanny HarrisAmerican baseball umpire · b. 1940

Questions about Greens Fork’s history

What year was Greens Fork founded?

The Greens Fork post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.