Piney Fork, Ohio
Piney Fork is an unincorporated community in central Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.1063420[1] The stream of Piney Fork flows southeast past the community; it meets Short Creek in far western Warren Township, and Short Creek in turn meets the Ohio River at Rayland.[2]
Piney Fork is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A Presbyterian church was built at Piney Fork in 1800.[3] A post office called Piney Fork operated from 1902 to 2012.[4]
Piney Fork used to be a thriving small town with a dentist, a doctor, a school, a few churches, and some bars until the coal mine shut down. Most people have moved on from Piney Fork because the businesses have left.
Education
[edit]Public education in the community of Piney Fork is provided by the Buckeye Local School District.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piney Fork, Ohio
- ^ DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, p. 63 ISBN 0-89933-281-1
- ^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 1122.
- ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
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