Locust Fork, Alabama
| Locust Fork, Alabama | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Locust Fork in Blount County, Alabama. |
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| Coordinates: 33°53′47″N 86°37′50″W / 33.89639°N 86.63056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Blount |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.87 sq mi (10.02 km2) |
| • Land | 3.86 sq mi (10.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 584 ft (178 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,186 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 1,192 |
| • Density | 308.81/sq mi (119.25/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 35097 |
| Area code | 205 |
| FIPS code | 01-43888 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0121956 |
| Website | www |
Locust Fork is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. Despite much opposition from the town's residents, it is the future location of a Burger King. At the 2010 census the population was 1,186 people, up from 1,016 in 2000.
While traveling south with his troops in 1815, General Andrew Jackson camped along a river in the area. General Jackson carved his name in a locust tree, naming the area Locust Fork. In the early 1800s Nick Hudson built a public inn in what is now Locust Fork. He erected barns to shelter the horses and hogs of the Tennessee farmers who drove them to the deeper South for a more profitable market.
Locust Fork was incorporated January 18, 1977.
Locust Fork is located southwest of the center of Blount County, at 33°53'47.494" North, 86°37'50.048" West (33.896526, -86.630569). It is situated on a bluff overlooking the Blackburn Fork of the Little Warrior River. Just north of town, the Blackburn Fork enters the Little Warrior River, which flows into the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River 2 miles (3 km) northwest of the town.
Locust Fork is located in one of the northeast-to-southwest valleys that make up the southern end of the Appalachian mountain chain. Sand Mountain forms the southeast side of the valley, and McAnnally Mountain and Hog Mountain form part of a broader, more broken ridge to the northwest. The area has been mined for coal over the past 100 years, but no current active coal mining operations exist in the immediate area, which consists of rolling hill farm country.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.0 km2), of which 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.37%, is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,186 people, 435 households, and 342 families residing in the town. The population density was 119.1/km2 (308/mi2). There were 469 housing units at an average density of 46.9/km2 (120.2/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.0% White, 0.8% Native American, 1.0% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. 2.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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