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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Five Forks, South Carolina
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Greenville County, South Carolina|Greenville]]
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| postal_code = 29681 ([[Simpsonville, South Carolina|Simpsonville]]), 29651 ([[Greer, South Carolina|Greer]])
| area_code = [[Area code 864|864]]
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==Geography==
Five Forks is located in eastern Greenville County at {{coord|34|48|21|N|82|13|49|W|type:city}} (34.805912, -82.230346).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is {{convert|11|mi}} east of
The area is bounded by [[South Carolina Highway 14|SC 14]] to the west, Roper Mountain and Anderson Ridge roads to the north, Jonesville Road to the east,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/03/14/surburbia-unites-greenville-countys-five-forks-residents-demand-better-planning/417456002/ |title=Suburbia unites: Greenville County's Five Forks residents demand better planning |date=March 14, 2018 |newspaper=The Greenville News |first=Anna B. |last=Mitchell |access-date=June 4, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> and Gilder Creek (a [[tributary]] of the [[Enoree River]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1962/0035/plate-1.pdf |title=Areas Used for Placer Appraisal between the Savannah and Catawba Rivers |website=United States Geological Survey |access-date=June 4, 2021 |quote=17 Gilder Creek and other tributaries to the Enoree River }}</ref>) to the south. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|19.7|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.59%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
==History==
[[File:Five Forks, South Carolina.webp|thumb|left|Woodruff Road in 2021 between Batesville and Five Forks Roads]]
The Five Forks area is named for a conflux of five roads, which the Greenville edition of ''[[The Post and Courier]]'' identifies as [[South Carolina Highway 146|Woodruff]] (the main east–west artery), Batesville, Scuffletown, [[South Carolina Highway 296|Bennetts Bridge]], and one now called [[South Carolina Highway 296|Five Forks Road]].<ref name=pandc>{{cite news |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/business/a-traffic-choked-greenville-suburb-wants-to-stop-sprawl-but-keep-growing-it-wont-be/article_7a243fea-8042-11eb-b9c5-27060dda350f.html |title=A traffic-choked Greenville suburb wants to stop sprawl but keep growing. It won't be easy. |date=March 12, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Post and Courier]] Greenville |location=South Carolina |first=Anna B. |last=Mitchell |access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref> The area was still very rural into the early 1990s before rapid growth made it a destination for shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. A 1983 [[USGS]] map of the region shows an [[asterisk]]- or star-shaped intersection of roads – Woodruff passing through, with Adams Mill, Five Forks, and Scuffletown – before a Woodruff bypass and other realignment changed it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/overlay/SC/SC_Pelham_261431_1983_24000_geo.jpg |title=SC_Pelham_261431_1983_24000_geo |work=United States Geological Survey |year=1983 |format=[[JPEG]] |access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref>
In 2019, [[Niche (company)|Niche.com]] ranked Five Forks as the best place to live, and second best place to raise a family, out of 190 best places in South Carolina.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://greenvillejournal.com/homes/places-five-forks-one-of-the-most-popular-8-square-miles-in-greenville-county/ |title=Places: Five Forks: one of the most popular 8 square miles in Greenville County |date=October 26, 2019 |newspaper=Greenville Journal |first=Kimberly |last=Collier |access-date=May 19, 2021 }}</ref>
In [[Tornado outbreak of April 13–15, 2019|April 2019]], an [[EF1 tornado]] was confirmed to have touched down, beginning in Simpsonville and ending its path in Five Forks.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wyff4.com/article/severe-storms-possible-tornadoes-forecast-sunday/27129491 |title=Tornado confirmed in Simpsonville, NWS says |date=April 15, 2019 |work=[[WYFF]] |access-date=June 4, 2021 }}</ref>
In March 2021, an area plan for Five Forks was posted by Greenville County for comment. The plan had been developed since 2018 by a committee of Five Forks residents to address heavy traffic, loss of trees, and inconsistent growth, and covers commercial design, environmental protection, and goals for residential control.<ref name="pandc" /> All three county council members who represent parts of Five Forks support the plan, and no one spoke against it at a public hearing in May 2021. The county's addition of overlay districts, as suggested by the plan, would legally govern future development in Five Forks.<ref name=pcnc>{{cite news |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/business/five-forks-area-plan-seeking-to-manage-rapid-growth-begins-county-approval-process/article_261dcf46-b77a-11eb-b61c-5fea0a8c6164.html |title=Five Forks Area Plan, seeking to manage rapid growth, begins county approval process |date=May 17, 2021 |newspaper=Post and Courier Greenville |location=South Carolina |first=Nathaniel |last=Cary |access-date=June 3, 2021 }}</ref> A motion for the council to adopt the plan as an amendment to the county's comprehensive plan was unanimously carried in August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenvillecounty.org/council/_agenda/meetings%20of%202021/county%20council/2021.09.07/August%2017%20%20CC%20minutes.pdf#page=4 |title=Regular Council Meeting Minutes |date=August 17, 2021 |website=Greenville County Council |page=4 |access-date=October 23, 2021 }}</ref>
==Demographics==
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|website=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:45&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 15, 2022}}</ref>
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===2010===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 14,140 people and 4,630 households residing in the CDP. The
There were 4,630 households, out of which 53.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.3% were headed by [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.1% were non-families. 11.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05, and the average family size was 3.31.<ref name="Census 2010 DP-1"/>
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===2020===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Five Forks racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4525540&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!No.
!Pct.
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|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|13,555
|76.42%
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|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,029
|5.8%
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|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|34
|0.19%
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|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|1,122
|6.33%
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|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|6
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|800
|4.51%
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|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,191
|6.71%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 17,737 people, 5,627 households, and 5,029 families residing in the CDP. 27.2% of residents were under the age of 18.<ref name="cb2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Five%20Forks,%20South%20Carolina%202020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |title=Five Forks, South Carolina, Table Results |year=2020 |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 22, 2021 }}</ref>
As of 2021, average household income in Five Forks was twice the average for the rest of Greenville County.<ref name="pcnc" />
==Education==
Public education in Five Forks is administered by the [[Greenville County School District]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us | title=Homepage | publisher=Greenville County Schools | access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref> The district operates Monarch Elementary School in Five Forks. [[Southside Christian School]] is a large private school within the CDP, and [[Primrose Schools]] has a local campus.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://greenvillejournal.com/community/primrose-school-of-simpsonville-at-five-forks/ |title=Primrose School of Simpsonville at Five Forks |date=April 5, 2016 |work=Greenville Journal |access-date=October 5, 2023 }}</ref>
Five Forks has a [[public library]], a branch of the Greenville County Library System.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greenvillelibrary.org/locations/five-forks | title=Five Forks Branch | website=Greenville County Library System | access-date=May 19, 2021 }}</ref>
==Government==
Five Forks is governed by [[Greenville County, South Carolina|Greenville County]], whose 12-member council includes three who represent portions of the CDP: Butch Kirven,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/business/greenville-county-council-candidate-accuses-council-of-mishandling-coronavirus-pandemic/article_e44657b6-0903-11eb-a78b-97397cad5155.html |title=Greenville County Council candidate accuses council of mishandling coronavirus pandemic |date=October 7, 2020 |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |location=Greenville |first=Nathaniel |last=Cary |access-date=October 23, 2021 }}</ref> Dan Tripp,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenvillecounty.org/Council/CouncilMember.aspx?m=DanTripp |title=Dan Tripp, District 28 |work=Greenville County, South Carolina |access-date=October 23, 2021 }}</ref> and Chris Harrison.<ref name="pcnc" /> All three are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].
Districts 21 and 35 of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] cover portions of Five Forks,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://redistricting.schouse.gov/docs/State%20House%20Data/SH-021/HD-021.pdf |title=House District 21 |website=[[South Carolina House of Representatives]] |access-date=July 17, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://redistricting.schouse.gov/docs/State%20House%20Data/SH-035/HD-035.pdf |title=House District 35 |website=[[South Carolina House of Representatives]] |access-date=July 17, 2023 }}</ref> as do [[South Carolina Senate|state senate]] districts 8, 12, and 13.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scsenate.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=145aec0a1b0049009a9170d93b785aec |title=South Carolina Senate Districts |website=[[South Carolina Senate]] Judiciary Committee |access-date=July 17, 2023 }}</ref> The CDP is within [[South Carolina's 4th congressional district]], represented by [[William Timmons (politician)|William Timmons]] since 2019.
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