Northfork’s post office opened in 1901, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store.
How Northfork began, and where its name came from
When was Northfork founded?
The Northfork post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Algoma (1891) and South Fork (1914), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
How did Northfork get its name?
Northfork was incorporated in 1901, so named because of its location on the north fork of the Elkhorn Creek at its junction with the south fork.
1 historic place in Northfork
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Northfork’s post office has been open since 1901. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Northfork’s history
What year was Northfork founded?
The Northfork post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Northfork?
One place: the Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store (listed 1992).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.