Pen Mar, Pennsylvania

Pen Mar, Pennsylvania
Pen Mar, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
	Pen Mar Pen Mar
	Coordinates: 39°43′14″N 77°30′24″W / 39.72056°N 77.50667°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Franklin
Township	Washington
Area
• Total	0.75 sq mi (1.93 km2)
• Land	0.74 sq mi (1.91 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation	1,246 ft (380 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	947
• Density	1,281.46/sq mi (495.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	17268
FIPS code	42-58776
GNIS feature ID	2634268

Pen Mar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is located in Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated on the Mason–Dixon line, bordered to the south by the community of Pen Mar Park in Maryland.

History[edit]

The community's name is a portmanteau of "Pennsylvania" and "Maryland".^[3]

Geography[edit]

Pen Mar is located in southeastern Franklin County, on the western slope of South Mountain. Pennsylvania Route 550 is the main road through the community, leading northwest down the mountain 2 miles (3 km) to Rouzerville. Waynesboro is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Pen Mar, and the site of the former Fort Ritchie in Maryland is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southeast.

Demographics[edit]

As of the 2020 census, the population of Pen Mar was 947.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	929	—
2020	947	1.9%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

References[edit]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
^ https://data.census.gov/all?q=Pen+Mar+CDP,+Pennsylvania
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links[edit]

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pen Mar Census Designated Place

[TigerWebMapServer-1] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-2] "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[3] Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.

[4] ttps://data.census.gov/all?q=Pen+Mar+CDP,+Pennsylvania

[DecennialCensus-5] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Chambersburg
Boroughs	Chambersburg Greencastle Mercersburg Mont Alto Orrstown Shippensburg‡ Waynesboro
Townships	Antrim Fannett Greene Guilford Hamilton Letterkenny Lurgan Metal Montgomery Peters Quincy Southampton St. Thomas Warren Washington
CDPs	Blue Ridge Summit Fayetteville Fort Loudon Guilford Marion Pen Mar Rouzerville Scotland State Line Wayne Heights
Unincorporated communities	Amberson Cashtown Charlestown Cheesetown Church Hill Claylick Concord Cove Gap Doylesburg Dry Run Fairview Fannettsburg Five Forks Germantown Greenvillage Greenwood Johnston Kasiesville Lemasters Lurgan Mainsville Markes Mason and Dixon Monterey Mowersville New Franklin Old Forge Pleasant Hall Quincy Richmond Furnace Roxbury Shady Grove Shimpstown Smoketown South Mountain Spring Run Springtown Stoufferstown Sylvan Tomstown Upper Strasburg Upton Vanilla Welsh Run Williamson Willow Hill Zullinger
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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