Piney Fork, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

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

Public education in the community of Piney Fork is provided by the Buckeye Local School District.

References

^ 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.