Welcome to Penwell ...Penwell is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Penwell is located in Ector County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Penwell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1930. Penwell is 2,930 feet [893 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Penwell is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Penwell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Penwell: 432 The ZIP code for Penwell: 79776<3> Communities Also Named Penwell ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Penwell - they are located in Montana and New Jersey. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Penwell. Communities near Penwell ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Penwell.
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 Penwell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Penwell. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Penwell. 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 Penwell. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Penwell. See our Newspapers Page for Penwell. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penwell ...Looking for more information about Penwell? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Penwell, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Penwell. Adding Penwell to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Penwell 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 Penwell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Penwell. Footnotes ...
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