Welcome to Bennington ...

Bennington is located in Bear Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bennington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1867.

Bennington is 6,050 feet [1,844 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bennington is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Bennington lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Bennington: (208) and (986)<3>

Communities Also Named Bennington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Bennington - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

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

Communities near Bennington ...

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

• Montpelier
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
  • Montpelier is located in Bear Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montpelier <4>
• Paris
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris is located in Bear Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <4>
• Georgetown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in Bear Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
• Bloomington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Bloomington is located in Bear Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomington <4>
• Saint Charles
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Saint Charles is located in Bear Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Charles <4>
• Bern
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern
  • Bern is located in Bear Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bern <4>
• Wardboro
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardboro
  • Wardboro is located in Bear Lake County
• Dingle
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingle
  • Dingle is located in Bear Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dingle <4>
• Geneva
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Geneva is located in Bear Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <4>
• Bench
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
  • Bench is located in Caribou County

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 Bennington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bennington.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bennington. 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 Bennington.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bennington ...

Looking for more information about Bennington? 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 Bennington, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bennington.

Adding Bennington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bennington 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 Bennington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bennington post office opened in 1867.

We also found Bennington mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bennington.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Bear Lake County: www.bearlakecounty.info/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/