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Welcome to Penick ...

Penick is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penick, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Penick is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Penick (for example, toward Columbia), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Penick: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Penick ...

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

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

Communities near Penick ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penick ...

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

Adding Penick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Penick 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 Penick was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Penick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Penick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Penick area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.