Pen Mar, Pennsylvania

Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States

39°43′14″N 77°30′24″W / 39.72056°N 77.50667°W / 39.72056; -77.50667CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyFranklinTownshipWashingtonArea

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• Total0.75 sq mi (1.93 km²) • Land0.74 sq mi (1.91 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)Elevation

1,246 ft (380 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total947 • Density1,281.46/sq mi (495.04/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

17268

FIPS code42-58776GNIS feature ID2634268

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

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

Geography

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

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

^ "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.