Forkton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.7481, -85.7197
- Elevation
- 283 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 799 km away
What time is it in Forkton, Kentucky, United States
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Forkton, Kentucky, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Forkton, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Forkton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forkton.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:06 AM Solar noon 12:28 PM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 10 h 44 min Night 13 h 16 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:16 PM
Weather in Forkton right now
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Forkton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 42167 Tompkinsville — 3.2 km away
- 42157 Mount Hermon — 9.3 km away
- 42140 Gamaliel — 13.4 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Kentucky
- Louisville 624 444
- Lexington 320 347
- Lexington-Fayette 314 488
- Meads 288 649
- Bowling Green 63 616
- Owensboro 59 042
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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Nearby places
- Monroe County — 4.0 km
- Grandview — 4.3 km
- Rockbridge — 5.1 km
- Mud Lick — 5.4 km
- Tompkinsville — 5.7 km
- Sulphur Lick — 6.6 km
About the time in Forkton
Mail addressed to Forkton uses 3 postal codes.
Hours in Forkton are kept by America/Chicago, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:06 AM in Forkton and down again at 5:50 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 44 min of daylight.
Close by, Monroe County and Grandview keep time with Forkton.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Forkton?
- The time zone designation for Forkton is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Forkton stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Forkton: Yes.
- Sunset in Forkton is at what time?
- At 5:50 PM.