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Five Forks did not include Batesville

Based on the maps here at the Five Forks library: All the way into the 1980's, the five forks of Five Forks did not include Batesville Road. Woodruff counted as 2 of the five forks, with Adams Mill, Five Forks, and Scuffletown all coming together in one intersection. A bypass of the intersection was added first, allowing Woodruff traffic to get around the intersection. Then, over time, the original five forks intersection became the intersection of Scuffletown and Adams Mill road with no other roads. Scuffletown was extended to the previous Woodruff bypass (which became the proper Woodruff Road) and Five Forks road was bent to turn sharply into the Woodruff bypass. Batesville Road, which never intersected with the five forks intersection, is still intersecting with Woodroff where it always did, which used to be right where the bypass started. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.82.165.112 (talk) 15:21, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

If this information was published by a reliable source so it could be verified, it would be a lot easier to add properly to Wikipedia. One's self-analysis of multiple maps isn't a good source, considered original research. —ADavidB 15:58, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/overlay/SC/SC_Pelham_261431_1983_24000_geo.jpg

This map shows how Five Forks looked before the Woodruff bypass became the main Woodruff road. It is clear that the five forks do not include Bateville Road, which does not make it anywhere near the five forks. The problem is that people who look at it now, and have never seen what it used to look like, assume that Batesville is one of the roads. Then, they write that down. Then, it becomes "Fact." How many historical maps are necessary to demonstrate that Batesville Road never ever had a magical extension that created a mystical connection to the five forks intersection? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.82.165.112 (talk) 16:30, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

I added a sentence to the article, and modified an existing sentence, to identify what the map shows. —ADavidB 14:11, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I keep finding multiple magazines and newspaper articles that make up their own definition of what the five forks were. It is weird when they use roads that didn't even exist in the time period they are referring to. The problem is finding maps that are online so others can see it. I doubt people want to travel to Five Forks to visit the reference library. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 17:25, 25 October 2021 (UTC)