The route soon crosses into Penn Township and curves northeast through a mix of fields and woods with some development.

In the residential community of Kelton, PA 796 comes to a bridge over an East Penn Railroad line.

PA 796 reaches the community of Jennersville, where it gains a center left-turn lane and crosses Baltimore Pike.

Following this, the road narrows back to two lanes and heads north through agricultural areas with some woods and homes.

[6] In 1937, the southern terminus was cut back to its current location, with an extended PA 896 replacing the route south of that point.