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Welcome to Benchley ...Benchley is located Benchley is located in Robertson County<1>. The location of Benchley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Benchley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Benchley is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Benchley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Benchley. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Benchley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Benchley. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Benchley. 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 Benchley. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Benchley. See our Newspapers Page for Benchley. Looking for more information about Benchley? 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 Benchley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Benchley. We originally found mention of Benchley 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 for Benchley was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Benchley in the book titled .<5> From that list, the Benchley post office opened in 1882.
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