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Welcome to Pinhook ...

So far, we found very little information about Pinhook. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pinhook to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pinhook, please Contact Us.

Pinhook would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pinhook is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pinhook was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Pinhook was located: 614 & 380<4>

Going back to its beginning, Pinhook was originally named Portersburg. For more information about the names of Pinhook, see The Names of Pinhook on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Pinhook ...

While we believe that this Pinhook is located in Franklin County, we know of another 2 Ohio communities named Pinhook. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clermont and Richland County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 16 communities that are also named Pinhook - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana (5), Missouri (2) and Tennessee (4).

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

Communities near Pinhook ...

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

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pinhook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pinhook - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 614 code has been Overlayed with the 380 area code. New phone numbers in the Pinhook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 614 or 380. As a result, placing a call in the Pinhook area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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