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Welcome to Pensyls Mill ...

Pensyls Mill is located in Columbia County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pensyls Mill: Pensyls Ml. (or less commonly used: Pensyls Mll.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Pensyls Mill for more information about variations on the name of Pensyls Mill.

Pensyls Mill is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pensyls Mill: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Pensyls Mill ...

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

  • Bloomsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Berwick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sunbury is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,322 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunbury <4>
  • Shamokin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <4>
  • Milton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
  • Mount Carmel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Danville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Minersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahanoy City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pensyls Mill ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pensyls Mill - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Pensyls Mill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Pensyls Mill 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.