Penntown is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[1] Penntown was originally called Pennsylvaniaburg, and under the latter name was laid out in 1837.

[2] The community was named after Pennsylvania, the native state of a share of the early settlers.

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