Welcome to Penasse ...

Penasse is located in Lake of the Woods County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penasse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Penasse is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Penasse: 218

Communities near Penasse ...

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

• Angle Inlet
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Angle Inlet is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angle Inlet
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angle Inlet <3>
• French Portage
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Portage
• Kejick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kejick
• Indian Bay
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bay
• Naongashing
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naongashing
• Whiteshell
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteshell
• Buffalo Point
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Point
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo Point <3>
• Falcon Lake
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon Lake <3>
• Busteed
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busteed
• Lowther
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowther

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penasse ...

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

Adding Penasse to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Penasse post office opened in 1920. The Penasse post office closed in 1969.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penasse.