Do you know of Bennett ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bennett. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Bennett.
Our sources for Bennett (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bennett other than they indicate that Bennett would be found somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1869 and closed in 1902.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Bennett ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Bennett.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Bennett.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bennett [Nevada County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Bennett.
- Colorado
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bennett [Adams County].
- Arapahoe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bennett [Arapahoe County].
- Florida
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bennett [Bay County].
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bennett [Vermilion County].
- Iowa
- Cedar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bennett [Cedar County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Bennett [Aroostook County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Bennett.
- Michigan
- Alger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bennett [Alger County].
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bennett [Lake County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bennett [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
- Itasca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bennett [Itasca County].
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bennett [Hancock County].
- Missouri
- Ripley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bennett [Ripley County].
- New Jersey
- Cape May County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bennett [Cape May County].
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Anson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bennett [Anson County].
- Chatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bennett [Chatham County].
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bennett [Charleston County].
- Texas
- Parker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bennett [Parker County].
- Utah
- Uintah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Bennett [Uintah County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bennett [Douglas County].
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bennett ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bennett:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bennett - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Allegheny County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allegheny County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Bennett could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |