Burning Fork, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Magoffin

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Burning Fork is an unincorporated community located in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. The etymology of Burning Fork refers to a natural gas vein that was ignited and eventually extinguished by 1865.{{cite book|last1=Rennick|first1=Robert M.|title=Kentucky Place Names|date=2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813144016}}{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA536|year=1877|page=536}}