Pennington, Texas

Pennington
Unincorporated community
Pennington Location within the state of Texas
Coordinates: 31°11′29″N 95°14′08″W / 31.19139°N 95.23556°W / 31.19139; -95.23556Coordinates: 31°11′29″N 95°14′08″W / 31.19139°N 95.23556°W / 31.19139; -95.23556
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Houston and Trinity
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	936
GNIS feature ID	382475^[1]

Pennington is an unincorporated community in Houston and Trinity counties in the U.S. state of Texas.^[1] Originally known as Tyler or Tyler's Prairie, Pennington is located off of U.S. Highway 287 near the Davy Crockett National Forest.^[2]

Education

The Groveton Independent School District Serves students on both the Houston and Trinity county sides of the community.

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pennington, Texas
↑ "Pennington, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2008-07-21.

External links

Pennington from the Handbook of Texas Online

Municipalities and communities of Houston County, Texas, United States

County seat: Crockett

Cities	Crockett Grapeland Kennard Latexo Lovelady

Unincorporated communities	Allen Chapel Arbor Grove Ash Ashby Augusta Austonio Belott Brumberg Burrantown Center Grove Center Hill Cooper Creek Cut Givens Hill Holly Hopewell Mapleton Mount Vernon Pennington ‡ Porter Springs Ratcliff Refuge San Pedro Sand Ridge Shady Grove Smith Grove Volga Weches Weldon Wooters

Ghost towns	Alabama Abe Antioch Broxson Coltharp Elkins Oakland Pearson's Chapel Pleasant Hill Prairie Point Robbins's Ferry‡ Shiloh Sorghumville Whitesville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Trinity County, Texas, United States

County seat: Groveton

Cities	Groveton Trinity

CDP	Westwood Shores

Other unincorporated communities	Apple Springs Barnes Switch Bennett Brush Prairie Carlisle Cedar Creek Centerville Centralia Chita Crete Friday Glendale Helmic Iris Josserand Lacy Magee Bend Moccasin Gap Nigton Nogalus Prairie Pennington‡ Red Branch Scrub Creek Sebastopol South Groveton Sulphur Sulphur Springs Thompson Thornton Trevat Vair Westville White Rock Woodlake

Ghost towns	Antioch Bohemian Boonetown Friendship Groveton Front McGinty Nathan Saron

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, October 02, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.