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Welcome to Benito ...

Benito is located in Harlan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benito, you might consider that their post office opened in 1929.

Benito is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Benito: 606

Communities Also Named Benito ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Benito - they are located in California and Manitoba.

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

Communities near Benito ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cumberland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pennington Gap
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
  • Appalachia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Harlan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jonesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Evarts
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Loyall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Loyall is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Benham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benito ...

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

Adding Benito to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benito 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 Benito was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Benito post office opened in 1929. The Benito post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benito.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Harlan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benito - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/