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Welcome to Pruitton ...

Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pruitton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Pruitton is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pruitton: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Pruitton ...

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

  • Florence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Muscle Shoals
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Tuscumbia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Loretto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Loretto is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loretto <4>
  • Corning ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
  • Killen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Collinwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Joseph
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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 Pruitton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pruitton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pruitton. 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 Pruitton.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pruitton ...

Looking for more information about Pruitton? 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 Pruitton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pruitton.

Adding Pruitton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pruitton 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 Pruitton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pruitton post office opened in 1883. The Pruitton post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pruitton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pruitton - 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 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Pruitton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Pruitton 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/