Pen Mar, Pennsylvania

About Pen Mar

Set in the southern part of Pennsylvania, Pen Mar is a small unincorporated community.

Pen Mar holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.74 square miles.

📰 Pen Mar News Today

• Waynesboro July 4 Events to Bring Road Closures and Detours Franklin County Free Press · Jul 1
• Pen Mar to Duncannon: Miles 43-125 The Trek · May 27
• Robert Franklin Bumbaugh Obituary (2025) - Smithsburg, MD - J. L. Davis Funeral Home Legacy obituary · Nov 13
• Taking Steps: A guide to hiking Maryland’s stretch of the Appalachian Trail. Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine · Nov 21
• Po Jim and Fay Powers Concert Series set to swing back into Pen Mar - The Herald-Mail The Herald-Mail · Jul 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Pen Mar Unique

• The only place in America named Pen Mar — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Old Benjamin Omanut · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pen Mar

• Old Banjamin Flagpoles reviews ★
• Old Benjamin Tenis Courts reviews ★
• Solit farm reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Pen Mar

🏘️ Nearby Communities