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Welcome to Penley ...So far, we found very little information about Penley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Penley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Penley, please Contact Us. Penley would have been located within present day Watauga County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Penley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Penley is 2,270 feet [692 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Penley is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Penley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Penley was located: 828 Communities near Penley ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Penley.
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 Penley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Penley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Penley. 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 Penley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Penley. See our Newspapers Page for Penley. Adding Penley to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Penley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Penley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Penley in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Penley. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Watauga County: www.wataugacounty.org/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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