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History · Henry Fork

Half of Henry Fork’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Henry Fork was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981.

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0.0%homes built before 1940
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The story so far

Henry Fork, in brief

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

Henry Fork is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Virginia, United States, just south of Rocky Mount. As of the 2020 census, Henry Fork had a population of 1,120.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,234 to 1,120 (-9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Henry Fork, decade by decade

Today1 recent
2017-06-25 14 45 05 View north along U.S. Route 220 Business (Main Street) at Bellflower Lane in20172017-06-25 14 45 05 View north along U.S. Route 220 B…
Famous people

Famous people close to Henry Fork

Nobody well known was born in Henry Fork itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John C. MatherAmerican astrophysicist and cosmologist · b. 1946
Henrietta LacksAmerican woman whose cancer cells are the sourc… · b. 1920
John PayneAmerican actor · b. 1912
David HuddlestonAmerican actor · b. 1930
Lynn BariAmerican actress · b. 1913
Jesse L. MartinAmerican stage, musical theatre, film and telev… · b. 1969
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Henry Fork
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rocky Mount5 historic placesA−

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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 →

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