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
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and partly in
Claiborne County,
Tennessee
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, 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
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, 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.
Images
References
Unincorporated communities in Bell County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Claiborne County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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