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Welcome to Benvenue ...

Benvenue is located in Dauphin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benvenue, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831.

Benvenue is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Benvenue: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Benvenue ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Benvenue - it's located in Connecticut.

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

Communities near Benvenue ...

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

  • Harrisburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Carlisle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Camp Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Cumberland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Steelton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hummelstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Lemoyne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wormleysburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Penbrook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benvenue ...

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

Adding Benvenue to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Benvenue 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 Benvenue was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Benvenue post office opened in 1831. The Benvenue post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benvenue.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benvenue - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Benvenue area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Benvenue 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/