Penland is an unincorporated community in the Snow Creek Township of Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.

Approximately 200 year-round residents live in the community, the center of which is the Penland Road bridge crossing the North Toe River and CSX railroad line.

The Penland Post Office and General Store with ZIP code 28765, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its significance as the longest continuously operating post office in the area.

[5] The community is named for Robert Penland, a wealthy local businessman who in the 1850s operated an inn for travelers.

The school offers courses in all of the major craft media and many fine arts fields, bringing thousands of students and prominent instructors together every year.