Dry Fork Church

The community around Dry Fork Church

It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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.

• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Depression: 29.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
• Diabetes: 15.6%
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Poverty Rate: 19.8% (11.5–28.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 15.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Dry Fork Church

• Rocky Gap United Methodist Church — 1.9 mi away in Rocky Gap, VA
• Honaker Chapel — 2 mi away
• Thompson Chapel United Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away in Bluefield, WV
• Tynes Chapel — 3.2 mi away
• Valley View Seventh-day Adventist Church — 3.5 mi away in Bluefield, WV
• Union Church — 3.8 mi away in Bluefield, WV
• The Vine — 3.9 mi away in Bluefield, WV
• Crossroads Church — 3.9 mi away in Bluefield, WV
• Greenview United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away in Bluefield, WV
• Ceres Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Bluefield, WV