Welcome to Benbow ...
So far, we found very little information about Benbow. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Benbow to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Benbow - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Benbow, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Benbow , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lee County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Benbow, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1905.
Time Zone: The area where Benbow was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Benbow was located: 319
Communities Also Named Benbow ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Benbow - they are located in California, Florida, Missouri and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Benbow.
Adding Benbow to Our Gazetteer ...
2For more details, see References and Mentions for Benbow.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lee County: www.leecounty.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Benbow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |