Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Five Forks, Virginia
Unincorporated community
Five Forks
Five Forks
Coordinates: 37°08′22″N 77°37′22″W / 37.13944°N 77.62278°W / 37.13944; -77.62278Coordinates: 37°08′22″N 77°37′22″W / 37.13944°N 77.62278°W / 37.13944; -77.62278
Country United States
State Virginia
County Dinwiddie
Elevation 299 ft (91 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 804
GNIS feature ID 1477329[1]

Five Forks is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States. Five Forks is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-northwest of Dinwiddie.

The Battle of Five Forks was fought here on April 1, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War.

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