Fork Township, Wayne County, North Carolina

[needs update] Fork Township is a township in the Goldsboro metropolitan area in western Wayne County, North Carolina and has a population of 10,928 as of the 2019 American Community Survey.

[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total land area of (46.4 sq mi) or approximately 29,696 acres (120.18 km2).

[5] Fork is bordered in the west by Boon Hill Township, in the southwest tip by Grantham, in the south by Brogden, in the east by Goldsboro, in the northeast by Stoney Creek Township and Rosewood, and in the north by Buck Swamp.

[6] As of 2021–2022, the township is represented by Senators Richard Burr, Jim Perry, and Thom Tillis and Representatives David Rouzer, Raymond Smith Jr., and John R. Bell IV.

Mayor Chuck Allen resigned abruptly in June 2021 citing health issues.