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Welcome to Pen Mar ...Pen Mar is located in Franklin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Pen Mar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. The origin (or the toponymy) of Pen Mar: The name Pen Mar is a portmanteau<2> and it reflects the fact that the town straddles the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Pen Mar is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Pen Mar lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Pen Mar: (717) The ZIP code for Pen Mar: 17268<4> Communities Also Named Pen Mar ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pen Mar - it's located in Maryland. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pen Mar. Communities near Pen Mar ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pen Mar.
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 Pen Mar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pen Mar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pen Mar. 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 Pen Mar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pen Mar. See our Newspapers Page for Pen Mar. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pen Mar ...Looking for more information about Pen Mar? 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 Pen Mar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pen Mar. Adding Pen Mar to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pen Mar 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 for Pen Mar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Pen Mar in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Pen Mar. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pen Mar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.pa.us/ The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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