Welcome to Bennett ...So far, we found very little information about Bennett. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bennett to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bennett, please Contact Us. Bennett would have been located within present day Lea County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bennett, you might consider that their post office opened in 1940. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bennett is 2,960 feet [902 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Bennett is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bennett was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Bennett (for example, toward Wink (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Bennett was located: 575 Communities Also Named Bennett ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Bennett: This one is located in Lea County and the other is located in San Juan County. Beyond New Mexico, there are 30 communities that are also named Bennett - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado (2), Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bennett. Communities near Bennett ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bennett.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bennett. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bennett. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bennett. See our Newspapers Page for Bennett. Adding Bennett to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bennett 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 Bennett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bennett. Footnotes ...
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