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Welcome to Pride ...

Pride is located in Ross County<1>.

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

Pride is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pride: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Pride ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pride - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Pride ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Waverly City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly City is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
    • Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
  • Waverly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Piketon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Frankfort
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Laurelville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Coalton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Coalton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
  • Beaver
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pride ...

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

Adding Pride to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pride post office opened in 1891. The Pride post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pride.

Footnotes ...

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