Tar Fork in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.7206, -86.6016
- Elevation
- 210 m above sea level
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 844 km away
What time is it in Tar Fork, Kentucky, United States
This page reports the local time in Tar Fork, Kentucky, United States, set by the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Tar Fork, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Tar Fork
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Tar Fork.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 10 h 46 min Night 13 h 14 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:21 PM
Weather in Tar Fork right now
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Tar Fork and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40111 Cloverport — 6.3 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
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Nearby places
- Mattingly — 4.7 km
- Cabot — 5.8 km
- Easton — 7.2 km
- Victoria Crossroads — 7.4 km
- Mcquady — 7.4 km
- Vanzant — 8.7 km
About the time in Tar Fork
The applicable time zone for Tar Fork is America/Chicago, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock change applies: Yes.
Sunrise for Tar Fork today is set at 7:08 AM, sunset at 5:54 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 46 min.
Same time, different place: Mattingly and Cabot near Tar Fork.
Within Tar Fork, postal codes number 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Tar Fork?
- Tar Fork is covered by the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Tar Fork?
- Yes.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Tar Fork?
- Sunset there is at 5:54 PM.