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Unincorporated communities in Ohio, Populated places in Jefferson County, Ohio, Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area WCDK Piney Fork is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. 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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43941. Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District hopes to preserve and enhance the historic and natural features of the property for generations to enjoy.Piney Fork is an unincorporated community in central Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Much of the history of the area was lost to the blade of bulldozers. Soon after the railroad was discontinued and sold. The mine closed and the tipple was torn down in 1979. At its zenith the mine employed 1003 men. The mine operation at Piney Fork was so vast and complex that it became known as the underground city and at one point had more light bulbs in it than the city of Paris. Immigrants from around the world came here to begin their American Dream and work the coal mines.

The coal fields to the southeast were one of the richest coal fields in the world, and soon a boom town rose from the coal fields named Piney Fork. In 1902 when the railroad was built to the coal fields to the southeast, railroad bridge #4 was built within sight of this confluence that gave the railroad, the nearby village, and the stream its name. The area was rich with resources and soon became known as Piney Fork and the stream originating from that fork became known as the Piney Fork stream. ​When land speculators and traders first began to enter Jefferson County in the 1780s the Mingo tribes told them of an area rich with beaver, game, and sugar trees that was situated around the fork of a stream that was marked by a large population of piney –like trees (eastern hemlocks).