Welcome to Penn Hall ...

Penn Hall is located in Centre County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penn Hall, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1863.

Penn Hall is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Penn Hall ...

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

• State College
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State College
  • State College is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for State College <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to State College
  • From Penn Hall to State College
• Lock Haven
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Haven
  • Lock Haven is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lock Haven <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lock Haven
  • From Penn Hall to Lock Haven
• Lewistown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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  • Lewistown is located in Mifflin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,085 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewistown <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lewistown
  • From Penn Hall to Lewistown
• Bellefonte
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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  • Bellefonte is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,188 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellefonte <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bellefonte
  • From Penn Hall to Bellefonte
• Burnham
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
  • Burnham is located in Mifflin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burnham <3>
• Mill Hall
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Hall
  • Mill Hall is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,586 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mill Hall <3>
• Flemington
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flemington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
  • Flemington is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,312 people
• Centre Hall
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Hall
  • Centre Hall is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centre Hall <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Centre Hall
  • From Penn Hall to Centre Hall
• Milesburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milesburg
  • Milesburg is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milesburg <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Milesburg
  • From Penn Hall to Milesburg
• McClure
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClure have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure
  • McClure is located in Snyder County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 919 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McClure <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penn Hall ...

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

Adding Penn Hall to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Penn Hall post office opened in 1863.

We also found Penn Hall in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penn Hall.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/