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Penn
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 48°13′18″N 99°5′20″W / 48.22167°N 99.08889°W / 48.22167; -99.08889
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Ramsey
Elevation	1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	58362
Area code	701
GNIS feature ID	1030673

Penn (also Lauren) is an unincorporated community in western Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 2, northwest of the city of Devils Lake, the county seat of Ramsey County. Its elevation is 1,467 feet (447 m). The community was first named Lauren for the townsite owner, Lauren, and was later renamed Penn for English stockholders. It has a post office with the ZIP code 58362.

Devil's Lake

It is reported that the State and Federal Governments have bought out parts of the town because Devils Lake is expanding and will soon engulf the town with flood waters.

Transportation

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Devils Lake, 13 miles (21 km) to the southeast.

References

1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 77.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penn, North Dakota, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-02-13. Accessed 2008-03-28.
3. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code

v t e Municipalities and communities of Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States
County seat: Devils Lake
Cities	Brocket Crary Devils Lake Edmore Hampden Lawton Starkweather
Townships	Bartlett Cato Chain Lakes Coulee Creel De Groat Dry Lake Fancher Freshwater Grand Harbor Hammer Harding Highland Center Hope Klingstrup Lawton Lillehoff Minnewaukan Morris Newbre Newland Noonan North Creel Northfield Odessa Ontario Overland Pelican Poplar Grove Prospect Royal South Minnewaukan Stevens Sullivan Triumph Webster
Unincorporated communities	Bartlett Churchs Ferry Doyon Garske Penn Southam Webster
Indian reservation	Spirit Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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