While traveling south with his troops in 1815, General Andrew Jackson camped along a river in the area.

He erected barns to shelter the horses and hogs of the Tennessee farmers who drove them to the deeper South for a more profitable market.

Locust Fork is located southwest of the center of Blount County, at 33°53'47.494" North, 86°37'50.048" West (33.896526, -86.630569).

Locust Fork is located in one of the northeast-to-southwest valleys that make up the southern end of the Appalachian mountain chain.

Blount County Road 13 runs northwestward to connect to Alabama Highway 160 between the communities of Hayden and Nectar.

Also located along County Road 15 is the Limestone Springs Golf Course and residential development, 4 miles (6 km) southeast of town.

Air travel is handled primarily from the Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport located some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Locust Fork.

Locust Fork is located along one of the two major Alabama state highways that run northeast from Birmingham to the Sand Mountain area of Guntersville, Albertville, and Boaz.

The Locust Fork area has and continues to see strong residential growth mainly due to outflow from Jefferson County as residents there seek a more rural environment as well as a lower tax structure.

Locust Fork will also be impacted by the eventual construction of the Northern Beltline, which is slated to cross Highway 79 just north of Pinson.

This controlled-access highway (officially designated as Interstate 422) will provide much quicker access for Locust Fork residents traveling east to Trussville or westward to Gardendale, Graysville, and Tuscaloosa.

The schools draw their students from a large portion of southern and southwestern Blount County.

Locust Fork has a city park located on the west side of Alabama Highway 79 just south of the high school.

The nearest golf courses are the highly acclaimed semi-private Limestone Springs (located just off Blount County Route 15 east of the town).