Pen Mar, Pennsylvania

Pen Mar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Mason–Dixon line, bordered to the south by the community of Pen Mar Park in Maryland. As of the 2010 census the population of Pen Mar was 929.[1] The community's name is an amalgamation of "Pennsylvania" and "Maryland".[2]

Pen Mar, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Pen Mar
Pen Mar
Coordinates: 39°43′14″N 77°30′24″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyFranklin
TownshipWashington
Area
 • Total0.75 sq mi (1.93 km2)
 • Land0.74 sq mi (1.91 km2)
 • Water0.008 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
1,246 ft (380 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total929
 • Density1,258/sq mi (485.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17268
FIPS code42-58776
GNIS feature ID2634268

Geography

Pen Mar is located in southeastern Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 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, Pennsylvania, 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.

References
  1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Pen Mar CDP, Pennsylvania". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.


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