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Welcome to Penawawa ...

Penawawa is located in Whitman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Penawawa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Penawawa is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Penawawa lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Penawawa: 509

Communities near Penawawa ...

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

  • Colfax
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pomeroy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • LaCrosse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Endicott
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Gould City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gould City is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould City
  • Almota
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Almota is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almota
  • Mayview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayview is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
  • Pataha
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pataha is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataha
  • Delaney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Delaney is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
  • Albion
    (21 miles [33.8 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 Penawawa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Penawawa.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Penawawa ...

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

Adding Penawawa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Penawawa 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 Penawawa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Penawawa post office opened in 1876. The Penawawa post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Penawawa.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whitman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Penawawa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/