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Welcome to Pennington ...

Pennington is located in Sutter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pennington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Pennington is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pennington lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Pennington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Pennington - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Delaware, Georgia (2), Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pennington.

Communities near Pennington ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pennington. See our Newspapers Page for Pennington.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pennington ...

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

Adding Pennington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pennington 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 Pennington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pennington post office opened in 1881.

We also found Pennington in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pennington.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sutter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pennington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/