| Official Name: | Pathfork, Kentucky |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Pathfork |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Harlan |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.24 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.22 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.25 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.24 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 326 |
| Population Density Km2: | 101.26 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 262.27 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1240 |
| Coordinates: | 36.7558°N -83.4647°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 40863 |
| Area Code: | 606 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 489796 |
Pathfork is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States, located to the south bank of Wallins Creek. Its population was 379 as of the 2010 census.[2] The community's main roads are East Hwy 72, which connects from US 119, and travels to an end at Old RB Mines, however, 72 runs to Harlan via gravel road, and Ky 2005 an old gravel road that leads to Smith/Brownies Creek, south of Harlan, Kentucky.
The community used to rely heavily on coal mining, but the coal industry in Pathfork has faced significant challenges in recent years due to the increasing use of natural gas and renewable energy sources. A small community park, known as Coal Miner's Memorial Park, was created to honor the community's ties to coal mining.
There are four churches in the community: Insull Holiness, Pathfork Holiness Church, Pathfork Baptist, and Blackstar Pentecostal Church.