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Penwell, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Location of Penwell in Hunterdon County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	Lebanon
Named for	Penn Well Mills
Elevation	413 ft (126 m)
GNIS feature ID	879227

Penwell is an unincorporated community located within Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

Penwell is a community in the north of Lebanon Township that was also most northern settlement in Hunterdon County. It was known as Penwell dating back to 1866 and was named after the Penn Well Mills. When the property of Sylvanus Hoffman was advertised for sale in 1886, the village was described as being on the Washington Turnpike (now Route 57) and his land "along a stream".

Municipalities and communities of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Flemington

City	Lambertville

Boroughs	Bloomsbury Califon Flemington Frenchtown Glen Gardner Hampton High Bridge Lebanon Milford Stockton

Town	Clinton

Townships	Alexandria Bethlehem Clinton Delaware East Amwell Franklin Holland Kingwood Lebanon Raritan Readington Tewksbury Union West Amwell

CDPs	Annandale Whitehouse Station

Other unincorporated communities	Alexauken Allens Corner Allerton Alvater Corner Amsterdam Amwell Anthony Baptistown Barbertown Barley Sheaf Bartles Corners Bells Crossing Bissell Boss Road Bowne Brookville Bunnvale Buttonwood Corners Byram Cedar Heights Centerville Charlestown Cherryville Clarksville Cloverhill Cokesbury Coles Mills Copper Hill Croton Cushetunk Darts Mills Dilts Corner Dreahook Everittstown Fairmount Farmersville Flemington Junction Furmans Corner Gary Corner Grandin Hamden Hampton Junction Headquarters Hensfoot Hoffmans Holcomb Mills Hughesville Idell Jutland Kingtown Klinesville Lansdowne Larisons Corners Laurel Farms Linvale Little Brook Little York Littletown Locktown Lower Fairmount Lower Valley Mariannes Corner McCrea Mills McPherson Mechanicsville Mechlings Corner Milltown Mount Airy Mount Joy Mount Lebanon Mount Pleasant Mount Salem Mountainville Muirhead New Hampton Newport Norton Oak Grove Oldwick Palmyra Pattenburg Penwell Perryville Pierce Heights Pittstown Pleasant Run Point Breeze Polktown Potterstown Pottersville Prallsville Quakertown Raven Rock Readingsburgh Readington Village Reaville Red Mill Riegel Ridge Rileyville Ringoes Riverside Rockefellows Mills Rocktown Rosemont Rowland's Mills Sand Brook Sandy Ridge Scrappy Corner Sergeantsville Sidney Snydertown Spring Mills Spruce Run Stanton Stone Mill Sunnyside Sutton Swinesburg Thachers Hill Three Bridges Tumble Falls Unionville Valley Vanlieu Corners Van Syckel Vernoy Voorhees Corner Wertsville West Portal Whitehouse Woodglen

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