Pruden is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located partly in Bell County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

and partly in Claiborne County,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, in the southeastern United States. It is located along

Tennessee State Route 90 State Route 90 (SR 90) is a state highway in Campbell and Claiborne counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It serves the communities of Morley, White Oak, Eagan and Clairfield in Tennessee, and Pruden at the Tennessee-Kentucky state line. R ...

and

Kentucky Route 74 Kentucky Route 74 (KY 74) is a 16.753-mile state highway in Bell County, Kentucky that runs from Tennessee State Route 90 at the Kentucky-Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeast ...

, which intersect at the state line, in the upper Clearfork Valley.

History

Pruden had a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

on the Tennessee side of the border from September 20, 1906, to May 21, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 37851.

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