Welcome to Penns Grant ...

Penns Grant is located in Delaware County<1>.

The location of Penns Grant has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penns Grant, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Penns Grant is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities near Penns Grant ...

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

• Philadelphia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
• Wilmington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
• Norristown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norristown <4>
• Newark
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
• Chester
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
• West Chester
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <4>
• Phoenixville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phoenixville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenixville
  • Phoenixville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenixville <4>
• Coatesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <4>
• Yeadon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
  • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
• Darby
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
  • Darby is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penns Grant ...

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

Adding Penns Grant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Penns Grant in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Penns Grant was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penns Grant.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Penns Grant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/