Knob Fork is a diffuse, unincorporatedhamlet in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1050 feet (320 m). Its only business or service is a wholesale nursery. Other names for the community have included Geaneytown, Jolliff, Jolliffe, Jolliffes Store, Knobfork Store, Sugar Run, and Uniontown.[1] The present name is derived from the nearby Knob Fork creek.[2]
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knob Fork, West Virginia
^Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. pp. 354–355.
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