Welcome to Benefit ...

Benefit is located in White County<1>.

The location of Benefit has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benefit, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

Benefit is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Benefit lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Benefit: (706) and (762)<4>

Websites for Benefit ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.whitecountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Benefit, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Benefit ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Benefit - they are located in North Carolina and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Benefit.

Communities near Benefit ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Benefit.

• Gainesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Gainesville is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,213 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesville <5>
• Gainesville Mills
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
  • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
• Willow ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
  • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
• Dahlonega
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlonega
  • Dahlonega is located in Lumpkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,329 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dahlonega <5>
• Cornelia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
  • Cornelia is located in Habersham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,799 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornelia <5>
• Cleveland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Cleveland is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,167 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <5>
• Baldwin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
  • Baldwin is located in Habersham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin <5>
• Hargrove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hargrove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
  • Hargrove is located in Hall County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
• Lula
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
  • Lula is located in Hall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lula <5>
• Demorest
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demorest
  • Demorest is located in Habersham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,143 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Demorest <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Benefit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benefit.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Benefit. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Benefit.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Benefit. See our Newspapers Page for Benefit.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benefit ...

Looking for more information about Benefit? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Benefit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Benefit.

Adding Benefit to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benefit in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Benefit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Benefit post office opened in 1899.

We also found Benefit on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benefit.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Benefit. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for White County: www.whitecounty.net/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/