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Welcome to Penney Farms ...

The town of Penney Farms is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penney Farms, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1926.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Penney Farms has a population of 830 people<2> (see below for details).

Penney Farms is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Penney Farms: 904 & 324<4>

The ZIP code for Penney Farms: 32079<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Penney Farms had an population of 830 people. This is an increase of 10.81% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 43.1% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Penney Farms had a population of 749 people. This makes Penney Farms the county's 4th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 749 people, the population of Penney Farms increased 29.14% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 580 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Penney Farms.

Websites for Penney Farms ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.claychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Penney Farms, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Penney Farms ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penney Farms ...

Looking for more information about Penney Farms? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Penney Farms, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Penney Farms.

Adding Penney Farms to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Penney Farms 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 Penney Farms was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

From that list, the Penney Farms post office opened in 1926.

We also found Penney Farms on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penney Farms.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Penney Farms.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Penney Farms - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 904 code has been Overlayed with the 324 area code. New phone numbers in the Penney Farms area will be assigned with one of these codes: 904 or 324. As a result, placing a call in the Penney Farms area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Penney Farms). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Penney Farms or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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