Latitude and longitude of Penfield, Georgia
- Nearby Greensboro, United States
Satellite map of Penfield, Georgia
Penfield, Georgia, in the United States was established shortly after 1829 in Greene County, Georgia, and named in honor of Josiah Penfield (c.1785 - 1828), a Savannah merchant and silversmith, who bequeathed $2,500.00 and a financial challenge to the Georgia Baptist Convention to match his gift for educational purposes. The Convention organized a manual labor school which opened in 1833 as Mercer Institute (renamed Mercer University in 1837), in honor of Rev.
Latitude: 33° 40' 1.19" N
Longitude: -83° 10' 23.40" W