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Pengilly
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 47°19′58″N 93°11′50″W / 47.33278°N 93.19722°W / 47.33278; -93.19722
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Itasca
Elevation	1,368 ft (417 m)
Population
• Total	270
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55775
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	649259

Pengilly is an unincorporated community in eastern Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

Located in the northern part of the state, the community lies in the Iron Range region at the northern end of Swan Lake. Pengilly is located between Grand Rapids and Hibbing at the junction of U.S. Highway 169 and Minnesota State Highway 65. The expressway section of U.S. 169 that travels between the cities of Virginia and Hibbing currently ends in the community of Pengilly.

Geography

Pengilly is located along the boundary line between Greenway Township and Lone Pine Township.

The community is located along the northern end of Swan Lake.

Nearby places include Nashwauk, Keewatin, Calumet, Marble, and Goodland.

Pengilly is located 19 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. Pengilly is also located 15 miles west-southwest of Hibbing; and 18 miles north of Swan River.

History

Pengilly gets its name from the community physician, John Pengilly.

From 1970 to 1989, the Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) for deaf high school students was held at Swan Lake Lodge in Pengilly.

Pengilly celebrated its centennial August 29–31, 2008.

Notable people

• Norbert P. Arnold, Minnesota State Senator, businessman, and inventor, lived in Pengilly.
• Lois Hall, actress, grew up in Pengilly
• Mike Peluso, former NHL player

References

1. "Pengilly, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '07. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 2007 edition, Minnesota entry.
3. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Official State of Minnesota Highway Map. St. Paul, MN: Mn/DOT, 2011/2012 edition.
4. Pengilly, Minnesota-History
5. Youth Leadership Camp
6. "Pengilly Centennial". 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
7. Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Norbert P. Arnold

v t e Municipalities and communities of Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Grand Rapids
Cities	Bigfork Bovey Calumet Cohasset Coleraine Deer River Effie Grand Rapids Keewatin La Prairie Marble Nashwauk Squaw Lake Taconite Warba Zemple
Townships	Alvwood Arbo Ardenhurst Balsam Bearville Bigfork Blackberry Bowstring Carpenter Deer River Feeley Good Hope Goodland Grand Rapids Grattan Greenway Harris Iron Range Kinghurst Lake Jessie Lawrence Lone Pine Marcell Max Moose Park Morse Nashwauk Nore Oteneagen Pomroy Sago Sand Lake Spang Splithand Stokes Third River Trout Lake Wabana Wawina Wildwood Wirt
Unorganized territories	Bowstring Lake Deer Lake Effie Liberty Little Sand Lake Northeast Itasca
CDPs	Ball Club Goodland Inger
Other communities	Alvwood Bass Lake Bear River Bergville Blackberry Bowstring Dora Lake Dunbar Grattan Houpt Jessie Lake Mack Marcell Martin Max Orth Pengilly Pomroy Rosy Spring Lake Suomi Swan River Talmoon Togo Wawina Wirt
Indian reservations	Deer Creek Indian Reservation‡ Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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