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Welcome to Penokee ...

Penokee is located in Graham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penokee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Penokee is 2,220 feet [677 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Penokee is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Penokee lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Penokee: 785

The ZIP code for Penokee: 67659<3>

Communities Also Named Penokee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Penokee - it's located in Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Penokee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penokee ...

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

Adding Penokee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Penokee 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 (so far) for Penokee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Penokee post office opened in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penokee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Graham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Penokee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 community (such as Penokee). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Penokee or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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