| 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 |
| 2nd source | Nealy Branch headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°20′32″N 82°53′24″W / 37.34220°N 82.88990°W |
| 3rd source | Right Fork headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°17′31″N 82°54′58″W / 37.29184°N 82.91621°W |
| 4th source | Reynolds Fork headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°18′45″N 82°54′15″W / 37.31254°N 82.90424°W |
| Mouth | Troublesome Creek |
• location | Hindman, Kentucky |
• coordinates | 37°20′05″N 82°58′51″W / 37.33483°N 82.98086°W |
• elevation | 1,015 feet (309 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| post offices | |
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]