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Welcome to Pennhurst ...

Pennhurst is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pennhurst, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Pennhurst is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pennhurst: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Pennhurst ...

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

  • Norristown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pottstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • West Chester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lansdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Phoenixville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Coatesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Perkasie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Downingtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Conshohocken
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Souderton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pennhurst ...

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

Adding Pennhurst to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pennhurst post office opened in 1915. The Pennhurst post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pennhurst.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pennhurst - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Pennhurst area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Pennhurst area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/