West Forks is a plantation in Somerset County was fully organized March 31, 1893, though it had been organized for election purposes in 1859.
It lies north of the Dead River and west of the Kennebec just above where these combine at The Forks.
The heavily forested area with a small and dwindling population is bisected by U.S. Route 201 on its way north to Jackman, then to the Province of Quebec.
