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Welcome to Benwood ...

Benwood is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Benwood is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Benwood (for example, toward Vermilion (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Benwood: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Benwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Benwood - they are located in Mississippi, Ohio, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Benwood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benwood ...

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

Adding Benwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benwood 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 (so far) for Benwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Benwood post office opened in 1881. The Benwood post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benwood - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Benwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Benwood 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/