Piney Fork, Ohio

Piney Fork is an unincorporated community in central Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.1063420^[1] The stream of Piney Fork flows southeast past the community; it meets Short Creek in far western Warren Township, and Short Creek in turn meets the Ohio River at Rayland.^[2]

Piney Fork is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

A Presbyterian church was built at Piney Fork in 1800.^[3] A post office called Piney Fork operated from 1902 to 2012.^[4]

Piney Fork used to be a thriving small town with a dentist, a doctor, a school, a few churches, and some bars until the coal mine shut down. Most people have moved on from Piney Fork because the businesses have left.