It is located along the Upper Clinch River and houses the TWRA's Kyles Ford Wildlife Management Area.

Clinch-Powell Resource Conservation and Development has been instrumental in working with the Kyles Ford Community in developing portions of the preserve with educational and low-impact ecotourism facilities such as The Clinch River Conservation Retreat and River Place on the Clinch as a means of raising awareness and supplementing the funding of ongoing Appalachian cultural and biodiversity research and preservation efforts related to the area.

Kyles Ford had its own post office, established on April 20, 1871, and was held at Wallen's Grocery for many years.

Mail for the Kyles Ford area was contracted to the Sneedville post office in 1988, retaining the route and 37765 zip code.

Kyles Ford Elementary was an early public school, originally located along Highway 70 North.