Bennington, Idaho

Bennington is an unincorporated census-designated place in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 190.[2] It is located in the southeast corner of the (State of Idaho) on U.S. Route 30 about five miles north of Montpelier and 12 miles south of Georgetown. Bennington is a small farming community settled by Mormon Pioneers in 1864. It was named by Brigham Young after a town in Vermont near where he was born and grew up. Many of the inhabitants in Bennington are direct descendants of these early pioneers.

Bennington
Census-designated place
Location of Bennington in Bear Lake County, Idaho.
Bennington Location within the state of Idaho
Coordinates: 42°23′28″N 111°19′15″W
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Bear Lake
Area
• Total	6.342 sq mi (16.43 km^2)
• Land	6.338 sq mi (16.42 km^2)
• Water	0.004 sq mi (0.01 km^2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	190
• Density	30/sq mi (12/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
FIPS code	16-06670
GNIS feature ID	396104[1]

Among its founders was Amos Wright who, according to his grandson, the Bennington-born writer David L. Wright, before founding Bennington was excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for riding his horse into a meetinghouse and shooting out the lights. He was later rebaptised, before going on to found Bennington.[3]

Its elevation is 6,053 ft (1,845 m).[1]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Notable people

• John Tippets, Idaho State Senator.

References

1. "Bennington, Idaho". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
3. "Dave Elegy" by James Miller. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Accessed 21 October 2019.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.