Morgan County Communities
ELKFORK
Elkfork is a small community about 4 miles west
of Crockett. It is named for the creek it is on. Elkfork Crrk was named by
some of the early settlers, who thought its tributaries resembled the horns
of an elk. Many of these large dear were found in the area. Tributaries of
Elkfork near the Elkfork community are Old House Branch, where Andrew Ball
first settled.. Laurel Fork named becasue of the laurel shrubs that were
so numerous there (Charles Adkins was an early settler there), and Deadening
Branch, where Okie Fannin now lives. The early settlers of this area were
Wheelers, Adkinses, and Hutchinsons.
The Elkfork post office was established in 1878.
Postmasters were Henry M. Hutchinson : 1878 , David C. Hutchinson : 1880
, Francis Fannin : 1889 , Peter Fannin : 1890 , Henry Hutchinson : 1891 ,
John Adkins : 1895 , Flora Hutchinson : 1897 , Thomas Melby : 1906 , Flora
Conley : 1910 , and Lou Skaggs : 1941.
There is one church in the Elkfork community. It
is called the Laurel Fork Church of United Baptists. It was located in the
Laurel Fork schoolhouse for many years, but when the school was discontinued,
the building became the property of Ollie Pelfrey , not a member , and the
church was moved to a new building near the home of Lewis Skaggs.
Elkfork is a farming community and not a consolidated
village.
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Information from Early
Morgan County by Arthur C. Johnson, published in 1974. This information
has been made available thanks to Bernice Johnson (Arthur Johnson's widow)
who gave us permission to use it. The information is still copyrighted.
A big thank you goes to Connie Spurlock for transcribing the information
and to Diana Crace for obtaining permission to post it.
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