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Welcome to Pratts Fork ...

Pratts Fork is located in Athens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pratts Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Pratts Fork: Pratts Frk.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Pratts Fork for more information about variations on the name of Pratts Fork.

Pratts Fork is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pratts Fork lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Pratts Fork: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Pratts Fork ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pratts Fork ...

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

Adding Pratts Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pratts Fork 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 Pratts Fork was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pratts Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Athens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pratts Fork - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Pratts Fork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Pratts Fork 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.