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Penns Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

Penns Creek CDP overview:
Name:	Penns Creek CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Snyder County
Total Area:	0.75 sq mi (1.95 km²)
Land Area:	0.73 sq mi (1.90 km²)
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²)
Total Population:	694
Population Density:	945.50/sq mi (365.24/km²)
ZIP code:	17862
FIPS code:	4259160

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History

The community was founded in 1806 by Lt. Col. George Weirick (1773–1838), a War of 1812 veteran and the son of Capt. Wilhelm Weirick (1731–1807), a veteran of the American Revolution, and grandson of German immigrant Johann Georg Weyrich (1702–1751). The village was originally called Weirickstown. Weirick served as county commissioner in 1824, justice of the peace in 1813, and as a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania (1832–1833). He is buried in the Salem Church Cemetery in Snyder County. The village name was later changed to Centreville, and then changed again due to a conflict with another village of the same name in Crawford County. The nearby creek’s name was adopted sometime after 1842. The village was originally part of Northumberland County, then Union. On March 2, 1855, Penns Creek became part of Snyder County. Snyder County was named for Governor Simon Snyder of Selinsgrove. Buried in the old Sharon Lutheran Churchyard in Selinsgrove, Snyder was very popular and was the only governor of Pennsylvania to serve three terms.

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Geography

Penns Creek is located at 40°51′38″N 77°3′30″W / 40.86056°N 77.05833°W / 40.86056; -77.05833 (40.860555, -77.058207), bordered on the north by its namesake creek, Penns Creek. It lies along PA Route 104 between Middleburg to the south and Mifflinburg to the north.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km), all land.