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Pruden
Houses along Pruden Road
Houses along Pruden Road
Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee
Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee
Location in Tennessee
Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee is located in the United States
Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee
Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee
Location in the United States
Country United States
States Kentucky and Tennessee
County Bell (Kentucky) and Claiborne (Tennessee)
Elevation
1,266 ft (386 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37851
GNIS feature ID 1310724

Pruden is an unincorporated community located partly in Bell County, Kentucky and partly in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It is located along Tennessee State Route 90 and Kentucky Route 74, which intersect at the state line, in the upper Clearfork Valley.

History

Pruden had a post office 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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The now abandoned post office in Pruden
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