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Welcome to Pennington ...

Pennington is located in Sumter County<1>.

Pennington is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Pennington and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Pennington: 229

Communities Also Named Pennington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Pennington: This one is located in Sumter County and the other is located in Morgan County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 17 communities that are also named Pennington - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Delaware, 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.

  • Americus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Montezuma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ellaville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Oglethorpe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Plains
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Byromville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ideal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ideal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
    • Ideal is located in Macon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ideal <3>
  • Leslie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pinehurst
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Sumter, 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>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.