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Welcome to Pronto ...

Pronto is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pronto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Pronto is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pronto lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Pronto (for example, toward Fort Gaines (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Pronto: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Pronto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pronto - they are located in Nevada and New Mexico.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pronto.

Communities near Pronto ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pronto.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pronto. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pronto.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pronto. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pronto.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pronto. See our Newspapers Page for Pronto.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pronto ...

Looking for more information about Pronto? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pronto, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pronto.

Adding Pronto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pronto in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pronto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pronto post office opened in 1891. The Pronto post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pronto.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pronto - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Pronto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Pronto area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/