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Forkland is a town in Greene County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 445.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was incorporatedTemplate:Clarify around 1974.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Forkland has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, St. John's-In-The-Prairie, built in 1859, and two sites nearby, Rosemount and Thornhill.

Geography

Forkland is located in southern Greene County at Template:Coord (32.647702, -87.867236),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> between the Black Warrior River Template:Convert to the east and the Tombigbee River Template:Convert to the west. The Black Warrior joins the Tombigbee Template:Convert to the south of Forkland, just north of Demopolis. U.S. Route 43 passes through Forkland, leading north Template:Convert to Eutaw, the county seat, and south Template:Convert to Demopolis.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Forkland has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.32%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref>

Demographics

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2020 census

**Forkland town, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition**
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref>	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	77	43	11.86%	9.66%
Black or African American alone (NH)	563	391	86.75%	87.87%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1	2	0.15%	0.45%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	3	8	0.46%	1.80%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	5	1	0.77%	0.22%
Total	649	445	100.00%	100.00%

2000 Census

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 629 people, 245 households, and 161 families residing in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 309 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 10.65% White, 89.19% Black or African American, and 0.16% from two or more races.

There were 245 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 27.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $18,698, and the median income for a family was $22,115. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $16,544 for females. The per capita income for the town was $9,314. About 29.5% of families and 31.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 38.2% of those under age 18 and 31.0% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Maxie Baughan, former NFL player
Charlotte Durante, first African American female city commissioner in Delray Beach, Florida
Bobo Jenkins, born in Forkland, electric blues guitarist and songwriter, who later owned his own recording studio and record label in Detroit
Lloyd Leftwich, state senator during the Reconstruction era