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History · The Forks plantation

The Forks plantation’s post office opened in 1831, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on.

1831first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How The Forks plantation began

When was The Forks plantation founded?

1831

The The Forks plantation post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, The Forks (1831), Lake Moxie (1907) and Troutdale (1917), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 48195 years
Founding year: the first The Forks plantation post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about The Forks plantation’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 The Forks plantation are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s The Forks plantation, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19054 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1988. Watch The Forks plantation change.Deep rootsA post office since 1831: 195 years of The Forks plantation.
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Start The Forks plantation’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how The Forks plantation’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

The Forks
1831–1966
Lake Moxie
1907–1933
Troutdale
1917–1933
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake MoxieThe ForksTroutdale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

The Forks plantation on the map, 1905 to 1988

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of The Forks plantation. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

The Forks plantation on the 1905 USGS mapThe Forks plantation on the 1956 USGS mapThe Forks plantation on the 1977 USGS mapThe Forks plantation on the 1988 USGS map1905The Forks sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of The Forks plantation.

The story so far

The Forks plantation, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of The Forks plantation yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1831. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 37 to 48 (+30%).

Timeline

The Forks plantation, 1831 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1831Post officeThe The Forks post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1907Post officeThe Lake Moxie post office opens
  6. 1917Post officeThe Troutdale post office opens
  7. 1933Post officeThe Lake Moxie post office closes
  8. 1933Post officeThe Troutdale post office closes
  9. 1966Post officeThe The Forks post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

West Forks plantationIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCaratunkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about The Forks plantation’s history

What year was The Forks plantation founded?

The The Forks plantation post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.