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Welcome to Benonine ...

Benonine is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Benonine is located in Wheeler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benonine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Benonine is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Benonine is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Benonine: 806

Communities near Benonine ...

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

  • Shamrock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Erick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Erick is located in Beckham County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erick <3>
  • Sweetwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Twitty
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Twitty is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
  • Delhi
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Delhi is located in Beckham County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
  • Samnorwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sayre
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sayre is located in Beckham County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <3>
  • Magic City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Magic City is located in Wheeler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benonine ...

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

Adding Benonine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Benonine post office opened in 1909. The Benonine post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benonine.

Footnotes ...

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