South Fork, MO

South Fork is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howell County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 212 residents. South Fork is located 10 miles southwest of West Plains on U.S. Route 160. A post office called South Fork was established in 1860, and remained in operation until 1960. The short version is that South Fork carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on South Fork: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The community was named after the nearby South Fork of the Spring River. South Fork includes the community was named after the nearby South Fork of the Spring River.