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Welcome to Benet Lake ...

Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Benet Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1945.

A typical abbreviation for Benet Lake: Benet Lk.

Benet Lake is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Benet Lake: 262

The ZIP code for Benet Lake: 53102<3>

Communities near Benet Lake ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Benet Lake ...

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

Adding Benet Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Benet Lake post office opened in 1945. The Benet Lake post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Benet Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Kenosha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Benet Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Benet Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Benet Lake or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/