Welcome to Pennington ...

Pennington is located in Union County<1>.

The location of Pennington has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pennington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

Pennington is 5,690 feet [1,734 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Pennington is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Pennington lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Pennington (for example, toward Texline (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Pennington is located in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Pennington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Pennington - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Delaware, Georgia (2), Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Pennington ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Pennington.

• Grenville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenville
  • Grenville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenville <4>
• Mount Dora
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Dora
  • Mount Dora is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Dora <4>
• Gladstone
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Gladstone is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <4>
• Clayton
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,660 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <4>
• Sedan
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
  • Sedan is located in Union County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sedan <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pennington ...

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

Adding Pennington to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pennington post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pennington.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pennington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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