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Welcome to Bennett Landing ...

Bennett Landing is located in Union County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bennett Landing: Bennett Lndg. (or less commonly used: Bennett Lndng.)

Bennett Landing is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bennett Landing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bennett Landing: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Bennett Landing ...

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

  • Cape Girardeau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jackson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <4>
  • Murphysboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Anna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Anna is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <4>
  • Jonesboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cobden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Grand Tower
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Makanda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Gordonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Alto Pass
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bennett Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bennett Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Bennett Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Bennett Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.