THE PENRYN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands setting.
Penryn CDP has 1.89 square miles of land in Lancaster County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Limestone/Dolomite Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Penryn and Lancaster County
Penryn is associated with Lancaster County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Penryn by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Penryn, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 3.4 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Lancaster County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Penryn CDP has 6.4% of the land area of nearby Penn township (29.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

