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Welcome to Bentley ...

Bentley is located in Hettinger County<1>.

Bentley was established in 1910.

Bentley is 2,340 feet [713 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bentley is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Bentley (for example, toward Flasher), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Bentley: 701

Communities Also Named Bentley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Bentley - they are located in Alberta, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Bentley ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Bentley.

  • Mott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mott is located in Hettinger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mott <3>
  • Elgin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Leipzig
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Leith
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Leith is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leith
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
  • Johnson Ford ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson Ford is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Ford
  • Carson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Regent
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Lemmon
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Lemmon is located in Perkins County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemmon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemmon <3>
  • Keldron
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Bentley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bentley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bentley ...

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

Adding Bentley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bentley post office opened in 1906. The Bentley post office closed in 1985.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bentley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Hettinger, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bentley - 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/