The Forks of Troublesome

The Forks of Troublesome
Physical characteristics
Source	Left Fork headwaters
• coordinates	37°19′31″N 82°54′23″W / 37.32526°N 82.90650°W / 37.32526; -82.90650 (Left Fork headwaters)
2nd source	Nealy Branch headwaters
• coordinates	37°20′32″N 82°53′24″W / 37.34220°N 82.88990°W / 37.34220; -82.88990 (Nealy Branch headwaters)
3rd source	Right Fork headwaters
• coordinates	37°17′31″N 82°54′58″W / 37.29184°N 82.91621°W / 37.29184; -82.91621 (Right Fork headwaters)
4th source	Reynolds Fork headwaters
• coordinates	37°18′45″N 82°54′15″W / 37.31254°N 82.90424°W / 37.31254; -82.90424 (Reynolds Fork headwaters)
Mouth	Troublesome Creek
• location	Hindman, Kentucky
• coordinates	37°20′05″N 82°58′51″W / 37.33483°N 82.98086°W / 37.33483; -82.98086 (The Forks)
• elevation	1,015 feet (309 m)[1]
Basin features
post offices	Hindman: 37°20′09″N 82°58′53″W / 37.33586°N 82.98133°W / 37.33586; -82.98133 (Hindman post office) Leburn: 37°20′52″N 82°57′23″W / 37.347852°N 82.956504°W / 37.347852; -82.956504 (Leburn post office) Garner: 37°21′21″N 82°55′38″W / 37.35574°N 82.92723°W / 37.35574; -82.92723 (Garner post office) Mallie: 37°18′10″N 82°55′01″W / 37.302639°N 82.916994°W / 37.302639; -82.916994 (Mallie post office)

The Forks of Troublesome, more simply The Forks, are the Left Fork and Right Fork tributaries of Troublesome Creek in what is now Knott County, Kentucky.^[2][3] This was the name of the place where they met until the city of Hindman was established as the county seat in April 1884,^[2] and the name used in the Act of the Kentucky General Assembly that established Knott County.^[4] At the time, The Forks was in Letcher County, Kentucky.^[2]

Left Fork is 6 miles (9.7 km) long,^[5] and Right Fork is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) long.^[6]

Early settlers in the area were Samuel Cornett who had a home and a watermill on Left Fork, followed by the families of Peyton M. Duke and Anderson Hays.^[2]