Bennington, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montpelier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. 236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,008 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBennington grew from 190 to 236 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 190 | |
| 2020 | 236 | +46 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bennington between 1994 and 2016, burning about 10 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MOOSE RIDGE |
| 2 August 2016 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MAPLE CANYON |
| 26 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | W.BENINGTN |
| 18 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 3 October 2010 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BENNINGTON CANYON |
| 11 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FOX FLAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bennington: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Lead, Silver, Gold, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Tiptop Prospect | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Bear Lake Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bear River Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Bennington Canyon Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bern | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wooleys | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lindsayville | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Georgetown | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ovid | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Novene | 8.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bennington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3638287 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396104. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.






