Five Mile Fork is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Five Mile Fork is a community in Spotsylvania County five miles west of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The original development consisted of houses on Old Plank Road, Dogwood Avenue, North Dickenson Drive, Cherry Road, Wrights Lane and Harrison Ro…Five Mile Fork is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Five Mile Fork is a community in Spotsylvania County five miles west of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The original development consisted of houses on Old Plank Road, Dogwood Avenue, North Dickenson Drive, Cherry Road, Wrights Lane and Harrison Road. This was a post World War II housing development for working-class residence of the area. Most of the houses in the original development were built starting in 1946 with continued construction through the 1960s. With the opening of I-95 into Washington, D.C. in 1965, the area saw increased developmental pressures. By 1980 the surrounding area was quickly losing its rural character. Spotsylvania's population doubled from 1970 to 1980 with much of the development centered on the Route 3 corridor.
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