Locust Fork, Alabama

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(Lauderdale County)

Loflin
(Russell County)

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The town of Locust Fork is located in Blount County.

Typical abbreviation for Locust Fork: Locust Frk.

Locust Fork is 170 feet [51.82 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Locust Fork lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Ohio has a community that is also named Locust Fork.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Locust Fork had a population of 1,016 people ^<2> (or 1.98% of the total population of Blount County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Locust Fork had a population of 1,176 people. This is an increase of 15.75% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Locust Fork.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	1,176	+15.75%	+1.91% since 2007
2007	1,154	+13.58%	+1.5% since 2006
2006	1,137	+11.91%	+1.79% since 2005
2005	1,117	+9.94%
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2000	1,016	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Center Point	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
Clay	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
Gardendale	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	13,665	17.54% increase
Hanceville	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	3,421	15.93% increase
Morris	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,888	3.34% increase
Oneonta	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	7,040	26.26% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Locust Fork.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Alabama ^<4>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Locust Fork - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Locust Fork. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Locust Fork and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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