Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee

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Pruden
Unincorporated community
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Houses along Pruden Road
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Pruden
Location on Kentucky–Tennessee border
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Pruden
Pruden (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°35′10″N83°54′04″W / 36.58611°N 83.90111°W / 36.58611; -83.90111
Country United States
States Kentucky and Tennessee
County Bell (Kentucky) and Claiborne (Tennessee)
Elevation
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1,266 ft (386 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37851 [2]
GNIS feature ID1310724 [1]

Pruden is an unincorporated community located partly in Bell County, Kentucky and partly in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. [1] It is located along Tennessee State Route 90 and Kentucky Route 74, which intersect at the state line, in the upper Clearfork Valley. [3] [4]

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History

Pruden had a post office on the Tennessee side of the border from September 20, 1906, to May 21, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 37851. [2] [5]

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The now abandoned post office in Pruden Pruden-post-office-tn1.jpg
The now abandoned post office in Pruden

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pruden, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ State Primary Road System: Bell County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. ↑ Claiborne County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 9, 2012.


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