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Five Forks is an unincorporated community in Quincy Township in southeastern Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.^[1]

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An early variant name was "Mount Hope".^[1] A post office called Five Forks was established in 1873, the name was changed to Fiveforks in 1895, and the post office closed in 1909.^[2] Beside the post office, the community had a gristmill and a country store.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Five Forks
^ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
^ M'Cauley, I. H. (1878). Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Patriot. p. 215.

39°48′05″N 77°36′31″W / 39.80139°N 77.60861°W / 39.80139; -77.60861

[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Five Forks

[2] "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 19, 2017.

[3] M'Cauley, I. H. (1878). Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Patriot. p. 215.

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