What does Five-Forks Trickum Road look like?
First, for the unfamiliar: Five-Forks Trickum Road is a roughly 11-mile stretch of asphalt that runs from the Mountain Park/Lilburn area and up to Lawrenceville. In map form, it looks like this: Simply beautiful. Now out with it! OK, OK.
How did Five Forks get its name?
OK, OK. According to the Gwinnett Historical Society, the "Five Forks" part of the name surfaced around 1920 and comes from where Five Forks-Trickum meets Dogwood River and Oak roads near Lawrenceville. That intersection looks like this: Wait...pretty sure that's only four "forks." Yeah, I know, but...there used to be five.
What is the history of Trickum?
Sometime before the Civil War, a community named Trickum was created in the area of Rockbridge Road and what was then Old Stone Mountain Road. There was a war-related "cavalry raid" there in 1864, the aforementioned historical society says. The area is now (generally speaking) known as Mountain Park.
Why is Gwinnett County called Five Forks?
According to the Gwinnett Historical Society, the "Five Forks" part of the name surfaced around 1920 and comes from where Five Forks-Trickum meets Dogwood River and Oak roads near Lawrenceville. That intersection looks like this: Wait...pretty sure that's only four "forks."