Pen Mar, Pennsylvania
Pen Mar, Pennsylvania | |
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| 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 | |
| • 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) 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.[3] The community's name is an amalgamation of "Pennsylvania" and "Maryland".[4]
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.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 947 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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