Forks, Washington Forks, Washington Official seal of Forks, Washington Website City of Forks Forks is a town/city in Clallam County, Washington, United States.

It is titled after the forks in the close-by Quillayute, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Sol Duc rivers.

More recently it has drawn tourism related to the novel series Twilight and movies of the same name, set in Forks.

With recent declines in the timber industry, Forks has relied on the close-by Clallam Bay Corrections Center and Olympic Corrections Center as sources of jobs.

Forks is a prominent destination for sport fishers who fish for salmon and rainbow trout in close-by rivers.

5 Forks Municipal Airport There were 1,264 homeholds of which 40.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.0% were married couples residing together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 32.8% were non-families.

Forks, Washington from south end In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 30.4% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

Forks averages 212 days per year with calculable precipitation. The Olympic rainforest surrounds the town.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.65 square miles (9.45 km2), all of it land. Climate data for Forks 1 E, Washington (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1917 present) The City is ordered under Washington State law as a Non-charter Code City.

Unlike other metros/cities on the Olympic Peninsula, Forks operates under what is called a "strong Mayor" form of government with the Mayor being the Chief Executive Officer overseeing four department heads (Clerk/Treasurer, Public Works, Police, and Legal/Planning). Forks Municipal Airport Forks Municipal Airport (IATA: S18, ICAO: KS18, FAA LID: S18) is positioned in Clallam County, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Forks.

Runway 4-22 is Forks Municipal Airport's sole runway.

Forks is served by two enhance transit agencies.

Clallam Transit route 17 provides small-town service in Forks, while three other routes furnish connections to Port Angeles (14), La Push (15), and Clallam Bay and Neah Bay (16).

Jefferson Transit runs an "Olympic Connection" bus that provides service on Highway 101 south of Forks as far as Lake Quinault.

All five of these bus routes serve Forks six days a week, with no service on Sundays.

Forks is a part of the Quillayute Valley School District, with Forks High School being the community's high school.

Forks Timber Museum On the south end of town is the Forks Timber Museum.

Constructed in 1989 by the Forks High School carpentry class, the 3,200-square-foot (300 m2) building provides a look into the small-town history of the timber industry, loggers of the past, and their tools of the trade.

Signs related to the Twilight book/movie series that is set in Forks, Washington Forks serves as the core for various day excursions to the Hoh Rainforest, the Pacific Beaches, and various wilderness trails.

Forks is well known for its winter steelhead fishing with the Quillayute river fitness - the Hoh, Sol Duc, Bogachiel and Calawah rivers.

Forks displays one of a several Shay engines remaining in Washington.

In the summer, Forks hosts its traditional "Old Fashioned Fourth of July" celebration with a Grand Fourth of July Parade.

In late September, the Forks Chamber of Commerce partners with the Quileute Tribe and the City of Forks to host the Last Chance Fishing Derby at La Push; cash prizes are offered to those wanting to fish for salmon on the Pacific Ocean.

The Forks City Council passed a resolution in 2007 celebrating "Stephenie Meyer Day" with respect to the Twilight young adult novels and film series, set for September 13, the day before the fictional Bella's birthday. In 2015 the event was still driving tourism, with visitor numbers peaking in 2010, then settling to 50% more than before the Twilight phenomenon. United States Enumeration Bureau.

NOAA, Number of days with rain for Washington State weather stations "Station Name: WA FORKS 1 E".

"FORKS 1 E, WASHINGTON, Period of Record General Climate Summary - Temperature".

City of Forks Washington Forks Municipal Airport Forks Timer Museum "'Twilight' fans pump new blood into Forks, Wash.".

Andrew Craig Magnuson Lima 3-Truck Shay Forks, Clallam County, Washington Van Pelt, Julie (December 11, 2007), "Forks jubilates Stephenie Meyer Day on September 13, 2007", History - Link Banse, Tom (September 14, 2015), Ten Years After 'Twilight' Dawned, Forks Still Mecca For Vampire Fans, Northwest Public Radio Wikimedia Commons has media related to Forks, Washington.

The Official City Site for Forks, Washington Great Forks Fire Online exhibition exhibit: 1951 fire in Forks that finished 38,000 acres (15,000 ha).

People without Borders, Online exhibition exhibit highlighting the culture and history of Latinos in Forks.

Forks, Washington at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Clallam County, Washington, United States

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