Welcome to Penbro ...
So far, we found very little information about Penbro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Penbro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Penbro, please Contact Us.
Penbro would have been located within present day Webster County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Penbro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Penbro is 2,720 feet [829 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Penbro is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Penbro was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Penbro was located: 304 & 681<4>
Communities near Penbro ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Penbro.
- Mill Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Addison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Huttonsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Goshen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Hacker Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Helvetia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alexander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alexander is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Kanawha Head
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Big Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
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 Penbro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Penbro.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Penbro. 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 Penbro.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Penbro. See our Newspapers Page for Penbro.
Adding Penbro to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Penbro in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Penbro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Penbro post office opened in 1892. The Penbro post office closed in 1915.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Penbro.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Penbro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Penbro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Penbro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Penbro area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |