Penn Yan

Also known as Penn Yan, New York, Penn Yan, NY

incorporated village in Yates County, New York, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New York
County: Yates
Settled: 1799 ( 1799 )
Incorporated: 1833 ( 1833 )
Named after: Pennsylvania Yankee
Total: 2.46 sq mi (6.36 km )
Land: 2.40 sq mi (6.22 km )
Water: 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
Elevation: 728 ft (222 m)
Density: 2,106.5/sq mi (813.32/km )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
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Penn Yan is an incorporated village in and the county seat of Yates County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Penn Yan had a population of 5,056. It lies at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.

As tourism has grown in the Finger Lakes, Penn Yan has become a summertime hub for visitors to local vineyards, breweries, and Mennonite craft markets. Since the 1970s, farmland in Yates County has been increasingly purchased by Mennonite families from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Today, Penn Yan is the center of the largest Old Order Mennonite community in New York State, and horse-drawn buggies are a common sight in the village.