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Welcome to Benning ...

Benning is located in Blue Earth County<1>.

Benning is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Benning: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Benning ...

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

  • Saint Peter
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Le Sueur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Crystal
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Le Center
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Janesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mapleton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Madison Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Nicollet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Clair
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benning ...

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

Adding Benning to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benning 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 Benning was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Dakotas & Minnesota.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benning.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Blue Earth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benning - 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 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Benning area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Benning 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.