Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 82
Land area (2000): 0.351216 sq. miles (0.909646 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.351216 sq. miles (0.909646 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71620
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 38.913684 N, 80.749976 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Sand Fork
Wikipedia
Sand Fork may refer to:
- Sand Fork (Little Kanawha River), a stream in West Virginia
- Sand Fork, West Virginia, a town
The Sand Fork is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, long, in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
The Sand Fork rises approximately northwest of Roanoke in Lewis County and flows west-southwestward into eastern Gilmer County, where it flows into the Little Kanawha River from the north in the town of Sand Fork.
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 92.8% of the Sand Fork watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 6% is used for pasture and agriculture.
The creek was named for the sand bars its contains.