Open Fork Church

The community around Open Fork Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 40.3%
• Social Isolation: 34.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
• Depression: 27.2%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Child Poverty: 27.5% (8.5–46.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 20.0% (10.6–29.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 19.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Open Fork Church

• Saint Stephens Church — 1.4 mi away
• Martin Chapel — 2.6 mi away
• Dyers Chapel — 2.6 mi away in Clinchco, VA
• Caney Fork Church — 2.7 mi away in Coeburn, VA
• Caney Fork Church — 2.8 mi away
• Maple Grove Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Coeburn, VA
• Middle Branch Church — 4 mi away
• McCoy Chapel — 4.5 mi away
• Fremont Church — 4.6 mi away
• Counts Chapel — 4.8 mi away in Clinchco, VA