Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Bell (Kentucky) and Claiborne (Tennessee)
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 37851{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=February 15, 2012|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}
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Pruden is an unincorporated community located partly in Bell County, Kentucky and partly in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.{{cite gnis|1310724|Pruden, Tennessee}} It is located along Tennessee State Route 90 and Kentucky Route 74, which intersect at the state line, in the upper Clearfork Valley.
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History
Pruden had a post office on the Tennessee side of the border from September 20, 1906, to May 21, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 37851.{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=December 9, 2012}}
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{{Bell County, Kentucky}}
{{Claiborne County, Tennessee}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bell County, Kentucky
Category:Unincorporated communities in Claiborne County, Tennessee
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Category:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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