Piney Fork, Ohio
Piney Fork is an unincorporated community in central Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. 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.[1]
Location of Piney Fork, Ohio
Piney Fork is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A Presbyterian church was built at Piney Fork in 1800.[2] A post office called Piney Fork has been in operation since 1902.[3]
Education
Public education in the community of Piney Fork is provided by the Buckeye Local School District.
References
- DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 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 2 January 2016.
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