Pen Mar, Pennsylvania
Pen Mar, Pennsylvania | |
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  Pen Mar  Pen Mar | |
| Coordinates: 39°43′27″N 77°30′54″W / 39.72417°N 77.51500°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 | 899 ft (274 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[2] |
Pen Mar is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is located in Washington Township of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of the border towns in the United States with a portmanteau name. It is situated on the Mason–Dixon line, bordered to the south by the community of Pen Mar in Maryland.
History
[edit]The community's name is a portmanteau of "Pennsylvania" and "Maryland".[4]
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.[5]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 929 | — | |
| 2020 | 947 | 1.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Pen Mar Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "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 [bare URL]
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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