Welcome to Pennfield ...

So far, we found very little information about Pennfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pennfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pennfield, please Contact Us.

Pennfield would have been located within present day Davidson County<2>.

The location of Pennfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pennfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pennfield is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Pennfield was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Pennfield still existed, it would have been in the (336) area code.

Communities Also Named Pennfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Pennfield - they are located in Michigan, New Brunswick and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Pennfield ...

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

• Greensboro
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
  • Greensboro is located in Guilford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 297,878 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensboro <5>
• Winston - Salem
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston - Salem
  • Winston - Salem is located in Forsyth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 248,112 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winston - Salem <5>
• High Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • High Point is located in Guilford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 113,565 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for High Point <5>
• Thomasville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomasville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
  • Thomasville is located in Davidson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,713 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomasville <5>
• Kernersville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kernersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kernersville
  • Kernersville is located in Forsyth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,891 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kernersville <5>
• Clemmons
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clemmons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemmons
  • Clemmons is located in Forsyth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,089 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clemmons <5>
• Lexington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in Davidson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <5>
• Archdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
  • Archdale is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Archdale <5>
• Oak Ridge
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
  • Oak Ridge is located in Guilford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,126 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Ridge <5>
• Trinity
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Trinity is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinity <5>

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

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

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

Adding Pennfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pennfield 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 Pennfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pennfield post office opened in 1849.

We also found Pennfield in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pennfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Davidson County: www.co.davidson.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/